Prelims Power Play 3 September 2023

This quiz contains 5 questions and each contains 1 points.

Click on – ‘Start Quiz’ button

Solve Questions

Click on ‘Finish Quiz’ button

1. Simultaneous election will need

Simple Majority Constitutional Amendment

Special Majority Constitutional Amendment

Special Majority Constitutional Amendment along with State ratification

a bacterial consortium that produces biofuel

2. Consider the statements

Statement 1: For over two decades, vulture populations in India have been in a steep decline, losing up to 99.9% of wild populations in India.

Statement 2: The vultures were dying from poisoning after feeding on the carcasses of deceased cattle

Which one of the following is correct with respect to the above statements?

Both statements I and II are correct, and statement II is the correct explanation for statement I.

Both statements I and II are correct, and statement II is not the correct explanation for statement I.

Statement I is correct, and Statement II is incorrect.

Statement II is correct, and Statement I is incorrect.

3. Which of the following region of India has the worst air pollution problem?

Peninsular Plateau

Himalayan Region

Coastal Plains

Northern Plains

4. Consider the following statements

MoEF & CC has launched a Vulture Action Plan 2020-25 for the conservation of vultures in the country.
India is home to nine species of vultures and all are categorized as critically endangered under IUCN Red list.
The decline in vulture populations is due to the use of NSAID drug, which is used to treat pain and inflammatory diseases in cattle.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

1 and 3 only

2 and 3 only

All of the above

5. Consider the following

How many of the above have vulture breeding centres? Select the correct answer:

Only two

Only three

Only four

All five