7 March 2019
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
Consider the statements about Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Yojana:
1. It is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme.
2. It is for unorganised sector workers who age between 18-60 years.
3. Worker eligible under this scheme should not be a income tax payer.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?Correct
Explanation:
Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Yojana is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme (Hence option 1 is correct) that will engage as many as 42 crore workers in the unorganised sector.
The unorganised sector workers, with income of less than Rs 15,000 per month and who belong to the entry age group of 18-40 years (option 2 is incorrect), will be eligible for the scheme.
Those workers should not be covered under New Pension Scheme (NPS), Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) scheme or Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).
He or she should not be an income tax payer (option 3 is correct).Link: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=189194
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Explanation:
Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Yojana is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme (Hence option 1 is correct) that will engage as many as 42 crore workers in the unorganised sector.
The unorganised sector workers, with income of less than Rs 15,000 per month and who belong to the entry age group of 18-40 years (option 2 is incorrect), will be eligible for the scheme.
Those workers should not be covered under New Pension Scheme (NPS), Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) scheme or Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).
He or she should not be an income tax payer (option 3 is correct).Link: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=189194
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Recently SWIFT Platform was seen in news. It is related to the:
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Explanation: SWIFT (Society for World Interbank Financial Telecommunication System) platform.
It was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in La Hulpe, Belgium.
It is a messaging network that financial institutions use to securely transmit information and instructions through a standardised system of codes (option 1 is correct).Incorrect
Explanation: SWIFT (Society for World Interbank Financial Telecommunication System) platform.
It was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in La Hulpe, Belgium.
It is a messaging network that financial institutions use to securely transmit information and instructions through a standardised system of codes (option 1 is correct). -
Question 3 of 5
3. Question
World Air Quality Report 2018 is released by:
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Explanation: IQAir AirVisual and Greenpeace have released ‘World Air Quality Report 2018’.
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Explanation: IQAir AirVisual and Greenpeace have released ‘World Air Quality Report 2018’.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Which of the following statements is/are correct about Kepler Mission ?
1. Kepler mission was launched by NASA in 2009.
2. It was designed to discover Earth-size exoplanets in or near habitable zone.
Choose the correct answer from the code given below:Correct
Explanation:
Kepler Mission was launched by NASA in 2009 into an Earth trailing heliocentric orbit.
It was named after astronomer Johannes Kepler.
It was designed to survey our region of the Milky Way galaxy to discover hundreds of Earth-size and smaller planets in or near the habitable zone
The habitable zone is also called the Goldilocks zone is the range of orbits around a star within which a planetary surface can host life
It also determine the fraction of the hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy that might have such planet.Incorrect
Explanation:
Kepler Mission was launched by NASA in 2009 into an Earth trailing heliocentric orbit.
It was named after astronomer Johannes Kepler.
It was designed to survey our region of the Milky Way galaxy to discover hundreds of Earth-size and smaller planets in or near the habitable zone
The habitable zone is also called the Goldilocks zone is the range of orbits around a star within which a planetary surface can host life
It also determine the fraction of the hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy that might have such planet. -
Question 5 of 5
5. Question
Consider the following statements about Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy:
1. It was established in 1976.
2. It is a privately owned company.
3. Its head quarters is situated at Mumbai.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?Correct
Explanation:
Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, is a leading business information company. It was established in 1976, primarily as an independent think tank.
Today, CMIE has a presence over the entire information food-chain – from large scale primary data collection and information product development through analytics and forecasting. It provides services to the entire spectrum of business information consumers including governments, academia, financial markets, business enterprises, professionals and media.
CMIE produces economic and business databases and develops specialised analytical tools to deliver these to its customers for decision making and for research. It analyses the data to decipher trends in the economy.
CMIE has built India’s largest database on the financial performance of individual companies; it conducts the largest survey to estimate household incomes, pattern of spending and savings; it runs a unique monitoring of new investment projects on hand and it has created the largest integrated database of the Indian economy.
All databases and research work are delivered to customers through subscription services.
CMIE is a privately owned and professionally managed company head-quartered at Mumbai.Incorrect
Explanation:
Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, is a leading business information company. It was established in 1976, primarily as an independent think tank.
Today, CMIE has a presence over the entire information food-chain – from large scale primary data collection and information product development through analytics and forecasting. It provides services to the entire spectrum of business information consumers including governments, academia, financial markets, business enterprises, professionals and media.
CMIE produces economic and business databases and develops specialised analytical tools to deliver these to its customers for decision making and for research. It analyses the data to decipher trends in the economy.
CMIE has built India’s largest database on the financial performance of individual companies; it conducts the largest survey to estimate household incomes, pattern of spending and savings; it runs a unique monitoring of new investment projects on hand and it has created the largest integrated database of the Indian economy.
All databases and research work are delivered to customers through subscription services.
CMIE is a privately owned and professionally managed company head-quartered at Mumbai.