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 Land in India suffers from varying degrees and types of degradation stemming mainly from ______ and _______.

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  1. improper use, inappropriate management practices

  2. terrace farming, crop rotation

  3. deforestation, land pollution

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: A

The two resources that the environment provides are _____ and ____.

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  1. Air, Water

  2. Flora and fauna

  3. Renewable, Non-renewable

  4. Tangible, intangible

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Clean land, air, and water are environmental resources, as are the abilities of land, air, and water to absorb society's waste products. Food from plants and animals, wood for cooking, heating, and building, metals, coal , and oil are all environmental resources.

Which of the following is the full form of the 'WMF'?

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  1. Web Mutual Fund

  2. World Mutual Fund

  3. World Monuments Fund

  4. World Music Fund

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

World Monuments Fund (WMF) is a private, international, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of historic architecture and cultural heritage sites around the world through fieldwork, advocacy, grantmaking, education, and training.

Which of the following is an international forum to discuss and implement supervisory norms in all the banks of the world?

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  1. Basel Committee

  2. UN Charter on Commercial Laws

  3. International Board of Banks and Finance

  4. World Trade Organisation

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) is a committee of banking supervisory authorities that was established by the central bank governors of the Group of Ten countries in 1974. It provides a forum for regular cooperation on banking supervisory matters.

Opening the savings bank account of a minor girl will be called as which of the following in banking terminology?

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  1. Retail Banking

  2. Merchant Banking

  3. Institutional Banking

  4. Social Banking

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Retail banking, also known as consumer banking, is the provision of services by a bank to the general public, rather than to companies, corporations or other banks, which are often described as wholesale banking.

Hence saving the bank of a minor girl under the retail banking.

Land degradation is caused by _____.

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  1. unsustainable extraction of fuel, wood and fodder

  2. shifting cultivation

  3. encroachment into forest lands

  4. all of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Some of the factors responsible for land degradation are (i) loss of vegetation occuring due to deforestation (ii) unsustainable fuel wood and fodder  extraction (iii) shifting cultivation (iv) encroachment into forest lands (v) forest fires and over grazing (vi) non-adoption of adequate soil conservation measures (vii) improper crop rotation (viii) indiscriminate use of agro-chemicals such as fertilisers and pesticides (ix) improper planning and management of irrigation systems (x) extraction of ground water in the competing uses of land for forestry, agriculture, pastures, human settlements and industries

CPCB  has identified _______ categories of industries (large and medium scale) as significantly polluting.

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  1. 16

  2. 15

  3. 17

  4. 20

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Central Pollution Control Board enlisted 17 categories of highly polluting industries and grossly polluting industries discharging their effluents into the rivers and lakes.

What is an Indian Depository Receipt?

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  1. A deposit account with a Public Sector Bank

  2. A depository account with any of the Depositories in India

  3. An instrument in the form of depository receipt created by an Indian depository against underlying equity shares of the issuing company

  4. An instrument in the form of deposit receipt issued by Indian depositories

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

An IDR is an instrument denominated in Indian Rupees in the form of a depositoryreceipt created by a Domestic Depository (custodian of securities registered with theSecurities and Exchange Board of India) against the underlying equity of issuingcompany to enable foreign companies to raise funds from the Indian securities Markets.

'Equity schemes managed strong NAV gains, which boost their assets' was a news in some financial newspapers. What is the full form of the term NAV as used in above head lines?

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  1. Nil Accounting Variation

  2. Net Accounting Venture

  3. Net Asset Value

  4. New Asset Venture

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Net asset value (NAV) represents a fund's per share market value. It is the price at which investors buy ("bid price") fund shares from a fund company and sell them ("redemption price") to a fund company

CPCB was set up in ___.

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  1. 1975

  2. 1974

  3. 1965

  4. 1970

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India is a statutory organisation under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Mo. E.F.C). It was established in 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of pollution) Act, 1974.