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1. With reference to the 15th Finance Commission (FFC) recommendations on grants to states, consider the following statements:
  1. The tax share of most southern states with low population growth rates has come down.
  2. It has assigned 15% weight to the population of a state and 12.5% weight to demographic performance.
  3. The Budget 2020-21 has allocated only 40% of the revenue deficit grants for FY21 which was recommended by the FFC.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)?
  1. It is the second largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations.
  2. Its permanent Secretariat is in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  3. In 2019, India attended 46th OIC meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers for the first time.
  4. It has endorsed the US President Donald Trump's recently unveiled Middle East plan.
Select the correct option from the codes given below.
3. With reference to the Indian National Defence University (INDU), consider the following statements:
  1. It was recommended by the Kargil Review Committee in 1999 to address the deficiencies in India`s security management system.
  2. The University has been recently built in Gurugram, Haryana.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
4. Consider the following statements regarding the `Industrial Parks` in India:
  1. In India, the status of the industrial parks sector varies from State to State.
  2. Industrial parks in India often suffer from inadequate maintenance, and lack professional management.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
5. What is/are common to the two historical places known as Ajanta and Mahabalipuram?
  1. Both were built in the same period.
  2. Both belong to the same religious denomination.
  3. Both have rock-cut monuments.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
6. Consider the following:
  1. Calcutta Unitarian Committee
  2. Tabernacle of New Dispensation
  3. Indian Reform Association
Keshab Chandra Sen is associated with the establishment of which of the above?
7. Consider the following statements:
  1. The minimum age prescribed for any person to be a member of Panchayat is 25 years.
  2. A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dessolution continues only for the remainder period.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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