Mission IAS 2017 (Day -6)

Q. 1:Which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution of India contains provisions regarding
anti-defection?
A. Second Schedule
B. Fifth Schedule
C. Eighth Schedule
D. Tenth Schedule
Answer: Option D
Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India contains provisions regarding anti defection.
Source: Indian Polity - M.Laxmikant

Q. 2:Consider the following pairs :
Hills : Region
1. Cardamom Hills : Coromandel Coast
2. Kaimur Hills : Konkan Coast
3. Mahadeo Hills : Central India
4. Mikir Hills : North-East India
Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 3 and 4
D. 2 and 4
Answer: Option C
Explanation: The Cardamom Hills are southern hills of India and part of the southern Western Ghats locatedin southeast Kerala and southwest Tamil Nadu. They are not in coromandel coast. Kaimur Range is theeastern portion of the Vindhya Range extending from Madhya Pradesh to Bihar. They are not in konkancoast. The Mahadeo Hills are in Madhya Pradesh, state of central India.Mikir hills are in assam i.e. in NorthEast India.
Source: NCERT 11th - Physical Environmen.

Q. 3:Which one of the following pairs does not form part of the six systems of Indian Philosophy?
A. Mimamsa and Vedanta
B. Nyaya and Vaisheshika
C. Lokayata and Kapalika
D. Sankhya and Yoga
Answer: Option C
The mainstream Hindu philosophy includes six systems – Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa
and Vedanta. This does not include Lokayata and Kapalika.
Source: Old NCERT 11th - R.S.Sharma

Q. 4:A high-level railway safety review committee under
a) Vinod Rai
b) R K Verma
c) Dr. Anil Kakodkar
d) Usha Thorat
Ans. (c)
Explanation: High Level Safety Review Committee was constituted by the Ministry of Railways in 2011 underthe chairmanship of Dr. Anil Kakodkar. The Committee had made 106 recommendations covering variousaspects viz. General Safety Matters, Organizational Structure, Empowerment at Working Level, SafetyRelated Works and Issues, Filling up of vacancies in critical safety categories and Manpower PlanningIssues, Plugging the shortage of critical Safety Spares, External Interferences – Removal of Encroachmentand Sabotage, Upgradation of Signaling, Telecommunication and Train Protection System, Upgradation ofRolling Stock.

Q. 5:Which of the following is/are Land-locked Member States of 'Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral
Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)'.
1. Afghanistan
2. Bhutan
3. India
4. Bangladesh
5. Nepal
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a) 1,2 and 3 only
b) 2 and 5 only
c) 2,4 and 5 only
d) All of the above
Ans. (b)
Explanation: Recently, India has decided to focus on strengthening the Bay of Bengal Initiative for
Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) amid Pakistan’s continued intransigence inblocking key anti-terror and connectivity initiatives under the South Asian Association for RegionalCooperation or SAARC. Nepal, as the BIMSTEC chair, is scheduled to host the group’s summit this year,the first since the new government in India assumed office in May 2014.

Q. 6:Consider the following statements about 'Payment Banks'.
1. Payment banks are non-full service banks, whose main objective is to accelerate financial inclusion.
2. Payments banks will mainly deal in remittance services and accept deposits of up to Rs 1 lakh.
3. They can offer loans to customers and will have to deploy their funds in government papers and bank
deposits.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1,2 and 3
Ans. (a)
Explanation: Recently, Indian Post has received payments bank licence from the Reserve Bank ofIndia(RBI) to start rollout of banking operations commercially under the permit. In 2015, RBI had granted‘in-principle’ approval to 11 entities, including Department of Posts, to set up payments banks and proposedto give such licences ‘on tap’ basis in future.

Q. 7:Consider the following statements in regard with 'The National Film Archive of India (NFAI)'.
1. NFAI was established as a media unit of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in February 1964.
2. NFHM is the prestigious mission of Government of India, for preservation, conservation, digitization and
restoration of rich cinematic heritage of the country.
3. The headquarters of NFAI is at Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1,2 and 3
Ans. (a)
Explanation: NFHM is the prestigious mission of Government of India, for preservation, conservation,digitization and restoration of rich cinematic heritage of the country. National Film Archive of India (NFAI) isthe nodal organization for the implementation of this project. NFAI has three regional offices at Bangalore,Calcutta and Thiruvananthapuram. Developed from scratch by P. K. Nair, NFAI's activities relating todissemination of film culture are manifold. Its Distribution Library has about 25 active members throughoutthe country and it also organises joint screening programmes on weekly, fortnightly and monthly basis in siximportant centres. It has over 10,000 films, over 10,000 books, over 10,000 film scripts, and over 50,000photographs. Another important programme is the film teaching scheme comprising long and short term FilmAppreciation courses conducted in collaboration with the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) andother educational and cultural institutions. At the International level, NFAI supplied several Indian classics formajor screening programmes. Prakash Magdum is the present director of the NFAI.