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NATIONAL 7. The Union Home Ministry recently appointed a 12-
member inter-ministerial committee, which would take
1. Consider the following statements regarding the latest
a final call on the playing of the national anthem in cinema
religion-wise data from the NFHS of 2015-16 and select
halls and public places. The committee is led by
the correct answer from the codes given below:
a) BR Sharma b) Ajit Kumar
I. The fertility rate of Hindu households fell from 2.8
c) CB Bhave d) GV Ramakrishna
in the last survey in 2004-05 to 2.1.
8. Consider the following statements and select the correct
II. The fertility rate of Muslim households fell from 3.4
answer from the codes given below:
to 2.6.
I. Nearly 36 years after the Assam Accord was signed,
Codes:
the first draft of an updated National Register of
a) Only I b) Only II
Citizens (NRC) for the State listed 1.90 crore names
c) Both I & II d) None of these
out of the 3.29 crore applicants.
2. Who among the following has been honoured with the
II. Assam is the only State in the country that prepared
Lifetime Achievement Award at the 62nd Filmfare
an NRC in 1951 following the census of that year
Awards 2017?
and has become the first State to get the first draft
a) Shakti Kapoor b) Amitabh Bachchan
of its own updated NRC.
c) Rishi Kapoor d) Shatrughan Sinha
Codes:
3. Consider the following statements and select the correct
a) Only I b) Only II
answer from the codes given below:
c) Both I & II d) None of these
I. The Supreme Court collegium created history by
picking Indu Malhotra as the first woman advocate WORLD
to be recommended for appointment as a judge of the 9. Parliament of which country overturned a presidential
SC, which has had just six woman judges in 68 years. veto on anti-graft legislation, clearing the way for the
II. The earlier six women SC judges are Fathima Beevi, creation of a special unit to investigate individuals
Sujata V Manohar, Ruma Pal, Gyan Sudha Misra, occupying high public office as well as assets and
Ranjana P Desai and sitting SC judge R Banumathi. conflicts of interest?
Codes: a) Britain b) Germany
a) Only I b) Only II c) Spain d) Bulgaria
c) Both I & II d) None of these 10. Consider the following statements and select the correct
4. Mamang Dai won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2017 answer from the codes given below:
for her English novel I. Israel’s Parliament passed a law requiring a super-
a) The Palace Of Illusions b) Cuckold majority to relinquish control over any part of
c) The Black Hill d) God’s Little Soldier Jerusalem.
5. Consider the following statements and select the correct II. The amendment bars the government from ceding
answer from the codes given below: Israeli sovereignty over any part of Jerusalem
I. The Cabinet approved the construction of a 14.2 without approval of at least 80 of the legislature’s
km tunnel in Zoji La, to provide all-weather 120 members.
connectivity between Ladakh and Kashmir. Codes:
II. The project, said to be Asia’s longest bi-directional a) Only I b) Only II
tunnel, is estimated to cost Rs 6,809-crore. c) Both I & II d) None of these
Codes: 11. Which of the following country cut access to social
a) Only I b) Only II media in a bid to head off further protests after days of
c) Both I & II d) None of these unrest that saw several people killed and dozens
6. Who among the following has been appointed as the arrested?
acting Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal, a) Iran b) Myanmar
following the retirement of Justice Swatanter Kumar? c) Syria d) Pakistan
a) UD Salvi b) Sushil Chandra 12. Consider the following statements and select the correct
c) P K Singh d) KV Chowdary answer from the codes given below:

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