UPSC PRELIMINARY MOCK TEST 166

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UPSC PRELIMINARY MOCK TEST 166

Question 41 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
"CORAS" is a battalion of 1200 commandos was created to protect which of the following?
A
Railway establishments
B
Old and Sacred temples
C
Nuclear and chemical establishments
D
China-border protection
Question 41 Explanation: 
Railway's commando unit, Commandos for Railway Safety (CORAS), whose first deployment will be in Maoist -hit areas of Chhattisgarh, will have a state-of-the-art facility exclusively for training in Haryana's Jagadhri city. The commando unit is being envisaged as a responder for any situation pertaining to damage, disturbance, and disruption of train operations, attack/hostage/hijack, and disaster situations in railway areas "
Question 42 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Ratapani Tiger Reserve (RTS) is located in
A
Madhya Pradesh
B
Manipur
C
Karnataka
D
Uttar Pradesh
Question 42 Explanation: 

The Ratapani Tiger Reserve (RTS) is located in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh and is spread around 823.84 sq. km. The forest of Ratapani is dry deciduous and moist deciduous type, with teak as the main tree species. It is home to tiger, panther, wild dogs, hyena, jackal, fox, chital, sambhar, blue bull, four horned antelope, languor, rhesus monkey, etc.

Question 43 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Warm moist summer, cool dry winter, great annual temperature range, rainfall throughout the year are the characteristic feature of which type of climate?
A
Hot, Wet Equatorial climate
B
Sudan climate
C
British type climate
D
China type climate
Question 44 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Recently,the seventeenth Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held in New Delhi. With reference to this consider the following statements:
  1. FSDC is super regulatory body for regulating financial sector which is a vital for bringing healthy and efficient financial system in the economy.
  2. The idea to create it was first mooted by the RaghuramRajan Committee on Financial Sector Reforms in 2008.
  3. The Union Finance Minister is the ex-officio chairman of FSDC.
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?
A
1 and 2 only
B
1 and 3 only
C
2 and 3 only
D
1, 2 and 3
Question 44 Explanation: 
The seventeenth Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of the Union Minister of Finance ArunJaitley. The meeting was attended by RBI Governor Dr. Urjit R. Patel, SEBI chairman, IRDAI Chairman along with heads and other seniorofficers of the Government and financial sector regulators.

FSDC is super regulatory body for regulating financial sector which is a vital for bringing healthy and efficient financial system in the economy. The idea to create it was first mooted by the RaghuramRajan Committee on Financial Sector Reforms in 2008.

Question 45 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who among the following had established the Vikramasila University that became an important seat of learning?
A
Dharmapala
B
Bhoja
C
Dhruva
D
Devapala
Question 45 Explanation: 
The Pala rulers were great patrons of Buddhist learning and religion. The Nalanda University was revived by Dharmapala. He also founded Vikramasila University which was second only to Nalanda in fame.
There are 45 questions to complete.