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Consider the following statements about Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) :

1. ITBP was raised in 1962.

2. ITBP is basicsdly a mountain trained force.

3. ITBP replaced Assam Rifles in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in 2004-2005 for border gusirding duly.

4. ITBP presently has 52 service battalions.Which of the statements given above are correct?

 

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

Explanation:

At present, the ITBP has 62 (including 4 service battalions) operational battalions which has close to 62,000 personnel and officers in them. So 4thstatement is incorrect.The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of India, raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.

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Animal without red blood cells

A) Frog B) Earthworm
C) Snake D) Peacock
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Earthworm

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Which of the following hills is situated in the southernmost part of India?

 

A) Nilgiri Hills B) Cardamom Hills
C) Palani Hills D) Anamalai Hills
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cardamom Hills

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Who translated Ramayana into Persian?

A) Abdul Fazi B) Badauni
C) Isar Das D) Abdul Latif
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Abdul Fazi

Explanation:

In 1574 Akbar started a Maktab Khana or a house of translation works in Fatehpur Sikri. He endorsed the work to a few officials to make translations of the Sanskrit books Rajatarangini, Ramayana and Mahabharata into the Persian language.

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In that officials, Abdul Fazi translated Ramayana into Persian.

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Which of the following will be the outcome if an economy is under the inflationary pressure?

1.Domestic currency heads for depreciation.

2.Exports become less competitive with imports getting costlier.

3.Cost of borrowing decreases.4.Bondholders get benefitted.

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

 

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

Explanation:

Creditors and debtors:

During inflation creditors lose because they receive in effect less in goods and services than if they had received the repayments during a period of low prices. Debtors, on other hand, as a group gain during inflation, since they repay their debts in currency that has lost its value.The aggregate volume of internal trade tends to increase during inflation due to higher incomes, greater production and larger spending. But the export trade is likely to suffer on account of arise in the prices of domestic goods.

The same currency unit will now buy less goods and services.But the bondholders lose as they get a fixed interest the real value of which has already fallen.

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"Gilt-edged" means ___________.

 

A) bullion market   B) market of government securities  
C) market of guns D) market of pure metals
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) market of government securities  

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Which one of the following with regard to the term ‘bank run’ is correct?

 

A) The net balance of money a bank has in its chest at the end of the day’s business B) The ratio of bank’s total deposits and total liabilities
C) A panic situation when the deposit holders start withdrawing cash from the banks D) The period in which a bank creates highest credit in the market
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A panic situation when the deposit holders start withdrawing cash from the banks

Explanation:

A bank run occurs when a large number of people withdraw their money from a bank, because they believe the bank may cease to function soon.

A banking panic or bank panic is a financial crisis that occurs when many banks suffer runs at the same time, as people suddenly try to convert their threatened deposits into cash or try to get out of their domestic banking system altogether.

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Who is known as 'the father of Indian missile technology'?

A) Dr. U.R. Rao B) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
C) Dr. Chidambaram D) Dr. Homi Bhabha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

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