Quiz 2021: Prelims Power Play 27 April 2021

1. Horn of Africa, region of eastern Africa is home to which of the followingcountries

1. Djibouti
2. Eritrea
3. Ethiopia
4. Somalia

Choose the correct code?

2. Consider the following activities:

1. Spraying pesticides on a crop field
2. Inspecting the craters of active volcanoes
3. Collecting breath samples from spouting whales for DNA analysis

At the present level of technology, which of the above activities can be successfully carried out by using drones?

3. Herd immunity is when a large part of the population is immune to a specific disease, consider the following sentence in reference to Herd Immunity

1. Herd Immunity for a population is disease specific
2. Herd Immunity is permanent immunity

Which of the above-mentioned statements are correct?

4. Consider the following matches

1. Salary paid to government staff   – Revenue Expenditure
2. Loan given to union territories    – Capital Expenditure
3. Pension paid to retired government employees  – Revenue Expenditure
4. Repayment of loan from outside country  – Capital Expenditure

Which of the above is correctly matched?

5. Which of the following countries do not come in Sahel part of Africa?

1. Senegal
2. Mauritania
3. Mali
4. Burkina Faso
5. Algeria
6. Niger
7. Chad

Select the correct code?