These MCQs are based on Today’s Targets given here
Q.1) Consider the following statements about International Space Station:
1. International Space Station rotates around the earth in geo-synchronous orbit.
2. International Space Station has zero gravity inside it
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. D
Explanation:
- The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit.
- Its first component launched into orbit in 1998, and the ISS is now the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit.
- The ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which crew members conduct experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology, and other fields.
- Five different space agencies representing 15 countries built the $100-billion International Space Station and continue to operate it today. NASA, Russia’s Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities (Roscosmos), the European Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are the primary space agency partners on the project.
Q.2) Consider the following statements about National Investigation Agency:
1. National Investigation Agency (NIA) is a statutory body
2. National Investigation Agency (NIA) is a central agency founded by the Indian Government to combat terror in 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. C
Explanation:
- National Investigation Agency (NIA) is a central agency founded by the Indian Government to combat terror in India.
- A dedicated Central Counter Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency.
- The organization deals with terror related crimes across states without special permission from the states.
- The Agency came into survival with the enactment of the National Investigation Agency Act 2008 by the Parliament of India.
- Its objectives are:
- To set the standards of excellence in counter terrorism and other national security related investigations.
- It strives towards developing a highly trained, partnership oriented workforce to excel in its objective to set excellent standards in counter terrorism and national security investigations.
- It also acts as deterrence for existing and potential terrorist groups/individuals.
- It aims to develop as a storehouse of all terrorist related information
Q.3) Consider the following statements about Malpelo plate:
1. It is a new tectonic mircoplate off Ecuador’s coast in the western Pacific Ocean
2. It is located west of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador
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. B
Explanation:
- It is a new tectonic mircoplate off Ecuador’s coast in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
- Malpelo microplate is located west of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador.
- It is wedged in-between the Nazca, Cocos, and Caribbean minor plates.
- It is linked to a nearby oceanic ridge along the Ring of Fire.
- Earlier it was that assumed most of the region east of the known Panama transform fault was part of the Nazca plate.
- But recent study showed that it is different tectonic plate moving independently in a different direction.
Q.4) Consider the following statements about Global Environment Facility :
1. Global Environment Facility is a fund under World Bank
2. GEF serves as financial mechanism for Convention on Biological Diversity
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. B
Explanation:
- It is an independently operating financial organization
- It was setup as a fund under World Bank in 1991
- In 1992, at the Rio Earth Summit, the GEF was restructured and moved out of the World Bank system to become a permanent, separate institution.
- Since 1994, however, the World Bank has served as the Trustee of the GEF Trust Fund and provided administrative services.
- Support actions to combat major environmental issues such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, polluted international waters, land degradation and desertification, and persistent organic pollutants, as well as stimulate green growth.
- The program supports an active portfolio of over 200 investments globally.
- GEF serves as financial mechanism for :
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
- Minamata Convention on Mercury
Q.5) Which of the following statements are true regarding President:
1. All governmental activities take place in the name of the President.
2. The President is the supreme commander of the defence forces of India
3. President exercises most of the powers only on the advice of the Council of Ministers
4. As the head of the State, The President supervises the overall functioning of all the political institutions in the country
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 1, 3 and 4 only
c) 2, 3 and 4 only
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans. D
Explanation:
While the Prime Minister is the head of the government, the President is the head of the State. The President supervises the overall functioning of all the political institutions in the country so that they operate in harmony to achieve the objectives of the State.
All governmental activities take place in the name of the President. All laws and major policy decisions of the government are issued in her name. All major appointments are made in the name of the President.
The President is the supreme commander of the defence forces of India. But we should remember that the President exercises all these powers only on the advice of the Council of Ministers. The President can ask the Council of Ministers to reconsider its advice. But if the same advice is given again, she is bound to act according to it. Similarly, a bill passed by the Parliament becomes a law only after the President gives assent to it.
Source: NCERT 9th: Democratic Politics – I , Chapter 5, Page 89, 90