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1. Consider the following statement regarding Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme:
  1. Sovereign Gold Bonds are directly issued by Ministry of Finance.
  2. Non-resident Indians (NRIs) can also invest in this bonds.
  3. Capital gain tax will be applied after maturity of bonds.
Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
2. Consider the following statements regarding ?Index of Eight Core Industries
  1. Base year of Index of Eight Core Industries is 2014-15.
  2. Total weightage of Electricity is higher than Fertilizers in index.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
3. Consider the following statements:
  1. National Science Day (NSD) is celebrated to commemorate the Birth Anniversary of Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman.
  2. Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930 for the discovery of the Raman Effect.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
4. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
  1. Carbon sequestration refers to the process of reducing ?carbon intensity?, lowering the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced.
  2. Decarbonization is the process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
5. Consider the following pairs
  1. Keoladeo Ghana NP : Beas and Chambal
  2. Kolleru Lake : Musi and Krishna
  3. Bhitarkanika NP : Baitarini and Dhamara
  4. Vembanad lake : Pamba and Periyar
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
6. Consider the following statements regarding Caracal, a wildcat.
  1. There are evidences of the caracal from a fossil dating back to the Indus Valley civilisation.
  2. It is native to only Indian sub-continent.
  3. Recently, the National Board for Wildlife and Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change included caracal in the list of critically endangered species.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
7. Which of the following is/are correctly matched?
  1. Nirmal toys ? Telangana
  2. Channapatna toys ? Karnataka
  3. Kondapalli toys ? Kerala
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
8. Consider the following statements regarding the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009:
9. Consider the following statements with respect to Bir Chilarai
  1. He is the son of Maharaja Viswa Singha, the founder of Kuch royal dynasty and younger brother of King Nara Narayan of the Kamata Kingdom.
  2. He is a renowned warrior and general of the Koch royal dynasty of Assam.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

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