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The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an international measure of acute poverty covering over 100 developing countries. Global Multidimensional Poverty Index given by-? 

A) UNESCO B)  UNCTAD 
C) UNDP D) OECD
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) UNDP

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The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an international measure of acute poverty covering over 100 developing countries. Global Multidimensional Poverty Index given by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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Which one of the following is the largest source of electricity in India?

A) Hydropower plants B) Nuclear power plants
C) Thermal power plants D) Wind energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Thermal power plants

Explanation:

About 65% of the electricity consumed in India is generated by thermal power plants, 22% by hydroelectric power plants, 3% by nuclear power plants and rest by 10% from other alternate sources like solar, wind, biomass etc.

India is the sixth largest in terms of power generation.

 

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Which country has banned cotton imports from China citing 'Slave labour'?

A) Russia B) United Kingdom
C) India D) United States
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) United States

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Which  of  the  following  statements  with regard to Panchyats in India are correct?

1.Seats ina Panchayat are filled by direct election from the territorial constituencies in the Panchayat area.

2.The Gram Sabha is the body of persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to   a   village   within   the   Panchayat area.

3.The  Panchayats  work  on  the  principle of constitutional autonomy.

4.The   State   Legislature may   be   law endow  the  Panchayats  with  the  power and   authority   to   enable   them   to function.

Select  the  correct  answer  using  the  code given below.

A) 1, 2 and 3 B) 2, 3 and 4
C) 1, 2 and 4 D) 1 and 4 only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1, 2 and 4

Explanation:
All are correct except 3, as Panchayats don’t have constitutional autonomy to work.
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Who took charge as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in 2017?

A) Rajiv Mehrishi B) Achal Kumar Jyothi
C) Ranjit Kumar D) Vivek Goenka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rajiv Mehrishi

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The Indian and Japanese Prime Ministers have recently signed a high-spend rail project deal that will connect Mumbai with which major city?

A) Bangalore B) Hyderabad
C) Ahmedabad D) New Delhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ahmedabad

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

Many persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable wordswhich they do not put _________ practical use in their speech or writing. Many, too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language, which engenders in them a senseof timidity and self-___________. The method used for building a large vocabulary has __________ been confined to the study of single words.

 

circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary.

 

A) without B) within
C) withheld D) withdrew
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) within

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The economic way of thinking stresses that

A) incentives matter--individuals respond in predictable ways to changes in personal costs and benefits. B) changes in personal costs and benefits generally fail to exert much impact on behavior.
C) if a good is provided by the government, its production will not consume valuable scarce resources. D) if one individual gains from an economic activity, then someone else must lose and in the same proportion.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) incentives matter--individuals respond in predictable ways to changes in personal costs and benefits.

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