These MCQs are based on Today’s Targets given here
Q.1) Consider the following statements about Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS):
1. CCTNS is a Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance Plan of Govt. of India
2. It is being implemented by Ministry of Defence
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 is being implemented by Ministry of Home Affairs
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Q.2) Consider the following statements about Border Road Organisation (BRO):
1. BRO functions under Home Ministry
2. BRO develops and maintains road networks in India’s border areas and friendly neighbouring countries
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 functions under Defence Ministry
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Q.3) Consider the following statements about Anti-Dumping Duty:
1. Anti-Dumping Duty is imposed on exported products to curtail export of essential commodities
2. Anti-Dumping Duty is imposed by Ministry of Finance
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:
- Anti-Dumping Duty is a trade levy imposed by any government on imported products which have prices less than their fair normal values in their domestic market.
- Thus, it is protectionist tariff that seeks to stop dumping process where company exports a product at a price lower than price it normally charged in domestic market of importing countries’.
- Anti-Dumping Duty is imposed under the multilateral World Trade Organisation (WTO) regime and varies from product to product and from country to country.
- In India, anti-dumping duty is recommended by the Union Ministry of Commerce (i.e. by DGAD), while the Union Finance Ministry imposes it
Q.4) Consider the following statements about Lake Baikal:
1. Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world
2. It contains more than One-Fifth of the world’s fresh surface water
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:
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