Quiz Details

1.  

Part IV of the Constitution of India covers a wide range of principles, including

Securing of equal justice and free legal aid to citizens

Organisation of agriculture and animal husbandry

Select the correct answer code:

[A] 1 only
[B] 2 only
[C] Both1 and 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer: C [Both1 and 2]

Notes:

The expression “Justice- social, economic, political” is sought to be achieved through DPSPs. DPSPs are incorporated to attain the ultimate ideals of preamble i.e. Justice, Liberty, Equality and fraternity. Moreover, it also embodies the idea of the welfare state which India was deprived of under colonial rule

2.  

Consider the following statements.

Suspension bridges depend on the balance of the forces of compression and tension.

India’s longest single-lane motorable suspension bridge has been built in Goa.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

[A] 1 only
[B] 2 only
[C] Both1 and 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer: A [1 only]

Notes:

A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridges, which lack vertical suspenders, have a long history in many mountainous parts of the world.

3.  

The African Great Lakes are a series of lakes constituting the part of the Rift Valley lakes in and around the East African Rift. They include

Lake Victoria

Lake Malawi

Select the incorrect answer code:

[A] 1 only
[B] 2 only
[C] Both1 and 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer: D [Neither 1 nor 2]

Notes:

The African great lakes consist of seven lakes that span countries in East, South and Central Africa. These lakes are lake Victoria, Tanganyika, Malawi, Turkana, Albert, Kivu and Edward in order of size.

4.  

India participated in the first edition of IMT TRILAT, which is a joint maritime exercise among the navies of

India

Maldives

Select the correct answer code:

[A] 1 only
[B] 2 only
[C] Both1 and 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer: A [1 only]

Notes:

The Indian Navy is represented by the guided missile frigate, INS Tarkash, a Chetak helicopter and MARCOS (Special Forces).