Q. The CPEC is the flagship project of the multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a pet project of Chinese President Xi Jinping, why is India denied to join this project?
1) This project passes through parts of the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh which are under illegal occupation of Pakistan
2) The connectivity initiatives is not based on universally recognised international norms
3) CPEC gives China a foothold in the western Indian Ocean with the Gwadar port, located near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, where Chinese warships and a submarine have surfaced
4) All of the above
Q. Chinese authorities have bypassed Hong Kong's legislature to enact a national security law that prodemocracy campaigners say is aimed at cracking down on dissent in the city. What is the provision of this legislature?
1) The law is called the "NPC Decision on Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Safeguard National Security"
2) It essentially empowers the NPC to draft new national security laws for Hong Kong
3) The scope of the laws could cover any activity that "seriously endangers national security"
4) All of the above
Q. The legal and Legislative Committee of Kuwait's National Assembly has approved the draft expat quota bill, which provides?
1) Indians should not exceed 15 per cent of the population of Kuwait
2) As many as 7-8 lakh Indians could be forced out of Kuwait if a new bill on expats is enacted into law
3) The bill will now be transferred to the respective committees so that a comprehensive plan is created, according to reports
4) All of the above
Q. India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador TS Tirumurti, speaking in the UN General Assembly on Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council till date how many times was India elected as non-permanent member os UNSC?
1) Six times
2) Seven times
3) Eight times
4) Ten times
Q. Jurisprudence is -
1) the systematic study of nature
2) lawyer's extroversion
3) study of Government's behavior
4) None of the above
Q. Jnanpith Award, one of India's highest literary award, was conceived in the year -
1) 1972
2) 1961
3) 1957
4) 1969
Q. In which year was the National Food for Work Programme launched in India?
1) 2000
2) 1991
3) 2002
4) 2004
Q. Which of the following is an international agreement between governments that aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival?
1) CITES
2) BRICS
3) OPEC
4) GATS
Q. How many polities does the institutional mechanism of federalism accommodate?
1) Two
2) One
3) Four
4) Three
Q. Which of the following Indian cities is included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
1) Ahmedabad
2) Hyderabad
3) Murshidabad
4) Srinagar
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