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1. Which among the following are true about India's Prithvi missile system?

1. The Prithvi missile is a family of tactical surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missiles

2. It is India's first indigenously developed ballistic missile

3. It has a range of up to 150 to 300 km

4. It has 2 variants - Prithvi I and Prithvi II

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Prithvi missile system has three variants
Prithvi I - Army Version (150 km range with a payload of 1,000 kg)
Prithvi II - Air Force Version (350 km range with a payload of 500 kg)
Prithvi III - Naval Version (350-600 km range with a payload of 1000 kg)

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1. Which among the following are true about United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?

1. It is an international environmental treaty came into effect at the UN Conference on Environment and Development convention

2. It was informally known as the Earth Summit and was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992

3. The first and principal update of UNFCCC was the Kyoto Protocol

4. The treaty itself set mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions for individual countries

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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC) is an international environmental treaty came into effect at the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The convention is informally known as the Earth Summit and was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The aim of the treaty is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
The treaty itself set no mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions for individual countries and contains no enforcement mechanisms. So the treaty is considered as legally non-binding. But the treaty provides for updates (called "protocols") that would set mandatory emission limits. The first and principal update is the Kyoto Protocol. The Protocol was initially adopted in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, and entered into force in 2005.

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1. Which among the following are true about National Rural Livelihood Mission?

1. Swarnajayanti Grameen Swarojgar Yojana was renamed as NRLM

2. It is a poverty alleviation project implemented by Ministry of Rural Development in June 2011

3. It is also known as Aajeevika

4. This programme is supported by Asian Development Bank

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World Bank supports NRLM. India on Feb 13th signed a loan agreement worth USD 8 million with World Bank for sustainable livelihoods and adaption to climate change. The pact is aimed at improving adaptive capacity of the rural poor engaged in farm-based livelihoods to cope with climate change and scale up the demonstrated best practices and lessons into the government of India's National Rural Livelihoods Mission. National Rural Livelihoods Mission is the implementing agency.

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1. The G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting was recently concluded in Istanbul, Turkey. Which among the following true about G-20 ?

1. Collectively, the G-20 economies account for around 85% of the gross world product

2. India is a member of G-20

3. The G-20 was founded in 1999 with the aim of promoting high-level on international financial stability

4. It include 20 individual countries and EU

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The Group of Twenty is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies. The members include 19 individual countries—Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States—along with the European Union (EU). The EU is represented by the European Commission and by the European Central Bank.

India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) is a proposed particle physics research project to primarily study atmospheric neutrinos in a approx 1300 meters deep cave under Ino Peak near Theni, Tamil Nadu, India. It is anticipated to provide a precise measurement of neutrino mixing parameters. 

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1. Which among the following true about India-based Neutrino Observatory?

1. The observatory is meant for the study of electrons and protons

2. Bodi West hills at Pattipuram near Devaram in Theni district of TamilNadu is the proposed location

3. The studies are planned with the help of NASA

4. The project is going to use the world's most massive magnet

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1. Recently Planning Commission of India was replaced by NITI Aayog. Which among the following true about Planning Commission

1. Planning Commission of India was established in accordance with article 39

2. Planning Commission was set up by a Resolution of the Government of India in March 1950

3. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission

4. It had a nominated Deputy chairman, who is given the rank of a full Cabinet Minister.

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1. Normally, bloom forming algal species are considered as thread to nature. But recently two bloom-forming algal species were discovered off the west coast of India. Which of the following are true about them?

1. They have the ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reduce global warming

2. They are promising candidates for use as bio fuels

3. They are endemic in nature

4. Unlike other algal species, they dont have spontaneous growth

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1. Which among the following are true about Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

1. APEC is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that seeks to promote free trade

2. It was established in 1989

3. India is a member of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

4. Headquarters of APEC is in Singapore

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1. Which among the following are true about Vector Born diseases

1. These diseases are commonly found in tropical and sub-tropical regions

2. The world's fastest growing vector-borne disease is dengue

3. Aedes is a genus of mosquitoes which transmits dengue fever, yellow fever, and chikungunya.

4. “Small bite, big threat” was the slogan for World Health Day 2014

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States Reorganisation Act is the right answer.
In December 1953, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appointed the States Reorganisation Commission to reorganize the Indian states. It was headed by the retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Fazal Ali. and the commission itself was known as the Fazal Ali Commission. The States Reorganisation Act was enacted on 31 August 1956. Before it came into effect on 1 November, an important amendment to the Constitution was also enacted; this amendment (the Seventh) was timed to come into force on the same day.