Current affairs based daily MCQs – must practice – 2 August 2019 09/08/2019 – Posted in: DAILY MCQs

1.

Consider the following statements:

(1) National commission of minorities has the powers to declare new groups as ‘minority community’.
(2) The functions of the states’ minority Commissions to evaluate the progress of the developmental programs and welfare of minorities.

Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

 

2.

Consider the following statements regarding AMBIS:

(1) Maharashtra became the first state to adopt a digital fingerprint and iris scanning system.
(2) The AMBIS system matches the requirements set by Automated Fingerprint Identification System.

Which of the statement/s given above is/are NOT correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

 

3.

Consider the following statements regarding Skill India’s SANKALP scheme:

(1) The scheme is focus on the district-level skilling ecosystem.
(2) It is centrally supported scheme.
(3) It focuses on the overall skilling ecosystem covering both Central & State agencies.

Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) All of the above

 

4.

Consider the following statements:

(1) The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) was founded in 1964.
(2) Sudarsan Pattnaik has been appointed as the new director of ICTP.

Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

 

 

Solutions: 1-D, 2-B, 3-C, 4-A