Daily MCQs – Day 38 – 23rd August 2017 – Solutions

These MCQs are based on Today’s Targets given here 

Q.1) Consider the following statements about Telecom Regulatory Authority of India:

1. TRAI fixes and revises the tariffs for telecom services in India
2. TRAI is a statutory body

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:

• Established in 1997
• Established by an Act of Parliament, called the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997
• TRAI is an independent regulator of Telecom Business in India.
• Aims to regulate telecom services, including fixation/revision of tariffs for telecom services which were earlier vested in the Central Government.
• The TRAI Act was amended by an ordinance, effective from 24 January 2000, establishing a Telecommunications Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) to take over the adjudicatory and disputes functions from TRAI.
• TDSAT was set up to adjudicate any dispute between a licensor and a licensee, between two or more service providers, between a service provider and a group of consumers, and to hear and dispose of appeals against any direction, decision or order of TRAI.
• TRAI also fixes or revises the tariffs for telecom services in India.

 

Q.2) Consider the following statements about Financial Stability and Development Council:

1. Finance Secretary is the chairman of FSDC
2. It was first established in 2010

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:

Finance Minister is the chairman of FSDC

Read More: http://www.ias4sure.com/wikiias/prelims/financial-stability-and-development-council-fsdc/

 

Q.3) Consider the following statements about International Seabed Authority:

1. International Seabed Authority organizes, regulates and control only metallic mineral related activities in the international seabed area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction
2. It is headquartered in Jamaica

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 intergovernmental body that organizes, regulates and control all mineral (non-living resources) related activities in the international seabed area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
• HQ : Jamaica
• Established in 1994
• It is an organization established by the Law of the Sea Convention
• It functions under the aegis of the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
• It has an observer status to UN
• Why in news? India extended contract with ISA to explore Polymetallic Nodules in Indian Ocean

 

Q.4) Consider the following statements:

1. India has land under a variety of relief features including mountains, plateaus, plains and islands
2. Mountains account for the largest proportion of total surface area of India

Which of the above are true. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Either 1 or 2

Ans. A

Explanation: India has land under a variety of relief features, namely; mountains, plateaus, plains and islands. About 43 per cent of the land area is plain, which provides facilities for agriculture and industry. Mountains account for 30 per cent of the total surface area of the country and ensure perennial flow of some rivers, provide facilities for tourism and ecological aspects. About 27 per cent of the area of the country is the plateau region. It possesses rich reserves of minerals, fossil fuels and forests. Hence 1 is correct. 2 is incorrect as Plains (43%) and not Mountains (30%) account for the largest proportion of total surface area of India.

Source: NCERT 10th: Contemporary India – II , Chapter 1, Page 5

 

Q.5) Consider the following statements:

1. Permanent forest comprises of Reserved, Protected and Unclassed Forests
2. Madhya Pradesh has the largest area under permanent forests

Which of the above are true. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Either 1 or 2

Ans. B

Explanation: Reserved and protected forests are also referred to as permanent forest estates maintained for the purpose of producing timber and other forest produce, and for protective reasons. Madhya Pradesh has the largest area under permanent forests, constituting 75 per cent of its total forest area. Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Maharashtra have large percentages of reserved forests of its total forest area whereas Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa and Rajasthan have a bulk of it under protected forests. Hence Statement 1 is incorrect while 2 is correct.

Source: NCERT 10th: Contemporary India – II , Chapter 2, Page 20