Quiz 2021: Prelims Power Play 11 January 2022

1. Consider the following statements regarding World Trade Organisation:

1. It was founded in 1991 as the successor organisation to the General Agreement on Trade and tariff (GATT).
2. The WTO agreements cover trade in goods as well as services to facilitate international trade through removal of only tariff barriers.
3. WTO is expected to establish a power-based trading regime based on the donations provided by participating countries.

Which of the above is/are incorrect?

2. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect with respect to National Disaster Relief Fund?

1. It is constituted under Consolidated Fund of India
2. It has provision to have budgetary support.
3. Relief activities under this fund are monitored by Ministry of Finance.

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3. With reference to coal sector in India, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Coal mining for commercial use was opened for private sector during 1970s.
2. India imports majority of its demand for coal.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

4. Consider the following diseases

1. Avian influenza
2. Swine fever
3. Foot and mouth disease.

Which of the above-mentioned examples represents EPIZOOTIC diseases?

5. Consider the following statement with regard to party symbol of political parties:

1. EC is the authority to decide disputes among rival groups or sections of a recognized political party staking claim to its name and symbol under The Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968.
2. EC normally allocates the party symbol to the group that secured a clear majority of party delegates/office bearers, MPs and MLAs.
3. The splinter group of the party, other than the group that got the party symbol had to register itself as a separate party and doesn’t get the status of a recognized party.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Select the correct answer from the following codes: