1. The terms "amber box, blue box, and green box" are sometimes seen in the news in the context of which of the following?
a) WTO affairs
b) SAARC affairs
c) UNFCCC affairs
d) India-EU negotiations on FTA
Answer. a) WTO affairs.
In WTO terminology, subsidies, in general, are identified by “Boxes” which are given the colors of traffic lights: green (permitted subsidies), amber (reduced subsidies), and red (forbidden subsidies).
2. India's ranking in the "Ease of Doing Business Index" appears occasionally in newspapers. Who among the following announces this ranking?
a) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
b) World Economic Forum
c) World Bank
d) World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Answer. c) World Bank
3. Who first deciphered the edicts of Emperor Ashoka?
a) George Buhr
b) James Princep
c) Max Muller
d) William Jones
Answer. b) James Princep.
James Princep was a European scholar. He deciphered the edicts of the Ashoka.
4. The full form of ISP is:
a) Information System Protocol
b) Internet System Protocol
c) Internet Service Provider
d) Information Service Provider
Answer. c) Internet Service Provider
5. Which of the following is not a primary function of a green leaf?
a) Manufacture of food
b) Interchange of gases
c) Evaporation of water
d) Conduction of food and water
Answer. d) Conduction of food and water
Conduction of food and water is not a primary function of green leaf. Green leaves prepare food through the process of photosynthesis, the exchange of gases with the help of stomata, and the evaporation of water.
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