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Economic sanctions are mainly used to

A) to help international trade run smoothly. B) punish nations that disobey international law
C) to impose tariffs on vehicles at the border D) all the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) punish nations that disobey international law

Explanation:

A sanction is a punishment imposed on another nation, or on individual natives of another nation.


Economic sanctions are characterized as the withdrawal of standard exchange and money related relations for outside and security strategy purposes. They might be extensive, denying business movement as to a whole nation,...

 

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

He said, "Do as you wish, but don't come and ask me for help if you get into difficulties."

 

A) He told me to do as he wished or he wouldn't come and help me if I got into difficulties. B) He told me to do as I wished, but not to go and ask him for help if I got into difficulties.
C) He ordered me to do as I wished, but not to go and ask him for help if I got into difficulties. D) He told me that unless I did as I wished he would not come and help me if I got into difficulties.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) He told me to do as I wished, but not to go and ask him for help if I got into difficulties.

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Which one of the following events is not correctly matched with the year in which it happened?

A) Inauguration of the SWIFT system of electronic inter bank fund transfers worldwide—1985 B) Conclusion of the Uruguay Round of GATT—1994
C) Inauguration of the World Trade Organization—1995 D) Establishment of the first wholly electronic stock exchange (Nasdaq)—1971
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Inauguration of the SWIFT system of electronic inter bank fund transfers worldwide—1985

Explanation:

•SWIFT was founded in the 1970s, based on the ambitious and innovative vision of creating a global financial messaging service, and a common language for international financial messaging.

•The Uruguay Round was the 8th round of multilateral trade negotiations (MTN) conducted within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), spanning from 1986 to 1994 and embracing 123 countries as "contracting parties".

•The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade. The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakesh Agreement.

•Founded by the National Association of Securities Dealers, the NASDAQ began trading on February 8, 1971, as the world's first electronic stock market.

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Which one of the following statements in respect of the States of India is not correct?

A) States in India cannot have their own Constitutions. B) The State of Jammu and Kashmir has its own Constitution.
C) States in India do not have the right to secede from the Union of India. D) The maximum number of members in the Council of Ministers of Delhi can be 15 percent of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The State of Jammu and Kashmir has its own Constitution.

Explanation:

There shall be a Council of Ministers consisting of not more than ten per cent (a special provision for Delhi as against the 15 percent clause under 91st Amendment Act)of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly, with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Lieutenant Governor in the exercise of his functions in relation to matters with respect to which the Legislative Assembly has power to make laws.

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

P- Granted, political defection is increasingly less an act of ideological defiance than one of pure opportunism.

Q- Yet, for all it flaws, the current law recognizes and respects one fundamental principle: The right to dissent.

R- A blanket ban on defection will weaken rather than strengthen democracy, in whose name it is being sought to be imposed.

S- Granted also that it is illogical to allow a third of the party to split but not in a lesser number.

A) RPSQ B) PSRQ
C) RSPQ D) PRSQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) RPSQ

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Which one of the following Articles of the Constituent of India down that no citizen can be denied the use of wells, tanks and bathing Ghats maintained out of State funds?

 

A) Article 14 B) Article 15
C) Article 16 D) Article 17
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Article 15

Explanation:
Article 15:
 
Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth 
(1) The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them
(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to
(a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels and palaces of public entertainment; or
(b) the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of State funds or dedicated to the use of the general public
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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Importune

 

A) Appeal B) Important
C) Imply D) Purchase
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Appeal

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Who is considered as the Father of Modern Indian Renaissance?

A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
C) Vinoba Bhave D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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