These MCQs are based on Today’s Targets given here
Q.1) Consider the following statements about Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA):
1. CARA is statutory body established as a nodal agency for adoption of Indian children.
2. It is mandated to monitor and regulate in-country adoptions only.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans. A
Explanation:
It monitors and regulates both in-country and inter-country adoptions.
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Q.2) Consider the following statements about Gravitational Waves:
1. Gravitational waves are oscillations in the fabric of space-time caused by the acceleration of massive objects.
2. Gravitational waves moves at the speed of light.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans. C
Explanation:
Both the statements are correct.
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Q.3) Consider the following statements about National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA):
1. NDMA is apex statutory body for disaster management in India.
2. NDMA is headed by Home Minister of India.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans. A
Explanation:
NDMA is headed by Prime Minister of India.
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Q.4) The “trickle down” strategy of reducing poverty refers to:
a) Rapid increase in gross domestic product and per capita income would benefit the poor as well.
b) Providing subsidized basic public services to the poor for poverty alleviation.
c) Generating gainful employment by public works.
d) Political and social empowerment of the poor.
Ans. A
Explanation: The government’s approach to poverty reduction was of three dimensions. The first one is growth oriented approach. It is based on the expectation that the effects of economic growth — rapid increase in gross domestic product and per capita income — would spread to all sections of society and will trickle down to the poor sections also. This was the major focus of planning in the 1950s and early 1960s. It was felt that rapid industrial development and transformation of agriculture through green revolution in select regions would benefit the underdeveloped regions and the more backward sections of the community.
Source: NCERT, 11TH Class: Indian Economic Development, Chapter 4, Page 72.