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116.
(A) The framework agreement for India-US Defence cooperation, Defence Minister – Manohar Parrikar signed with US secretary of Defence-Ashton Carter, needs to be welcomed with caution.
(B) The new revised document “provides avenues for high-level strategic discussions, continued exchanges between armed forces of both countries and strengthening of defence capabilities”.
(C) The agreement is the result of Modi’s efforts to explore various avenues in defence diplomacy to bolster a weakened defence establishment at home and is also a part of his “Make in India” initiative.
(D) This is a follow-up of the agreement reached between Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Modi and US President, Mr. Obama, when the latter was the chief guest at this year’s Republic Day parade.
(E) The agreement envisages two joint projects to develop protective ensembles for soldiers and mobile generators—two of the four “pathfinder projects” identified under the defence trade and technology initiative during Obama’s visit.
(F) Significantly, both sides have “agreed to expedite discussions to take forward cooperation on jet engines, aircraft carrier design and construction”.
a) DEBFC
b) DEBCF
c) EDBFC
d) EDBCF
(a)
117.
(A) Indian firms battling towering debts are calling for more interest rate cuts as they worry the central bank is tying monetary policy too much to consumer inflation and ignoring the longest streak of wholesale price falls on record.
(B) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor in 2014 started using consumer prices as the bank’s key inflation measure to focus policy on ordinary Indians.
(C) The wholesale price index (WPI) has been falling since late 2014, dragged down by lower energy costs, while the consumer price index (CPI) is currently at 5 percent.
(D) The RBI has cut interest rates three times this year as corporate profits shrank and companies small and large shied away from new investments.
(E) But a growing divide between consumer and wholesale inflation has revived a long-standing debate on which inflation measure should be used to determine India’s interest rates.
(F) This year, the link between consumer prices and monetary policy became even stronger as the R.
a) BEFCD
b) BFECD
c) BFEDC
d) BEFDC
(b)
118.
(A) In contrast to last year, the initial outlook for the southwest monsoon looks hardly promising.
(B) The forecast probability of both deficient and below-normal categories is double the climatological probability, which is based on how the monsoon fared in previous years.
(C) For the June-September season, both the deficient (less than 90 per cent of long-period average, or LPA) and below-normal (between 90 and 96 per cent of the long-period average) categories have a nearly equal probability of 33 and 35 per cent respectively.
(D) According to the first-stage forecast issued by the India Meteorological Department, the southwest monsoon seasonal rainfall is likely to be 93 per cent of the long-period average with a margin of error of 5 per cent.
(E) However, the initial forecast made in April cannot be the basis for arriving at any firm conclusions; at best, it may serve as a pointer.
(F) While the chances of excess rainfall occurring are non-existent, initial indications are that the monsoon this year will be subnormal or deficient.
a) DBAFE
b) DABFE
c) FDBAE
d) FDABE
(a)
119.
(A) The amicus curiae appointed by the Supreme Court submitted that the Telangana government has been dilly-dallying on filling up teachers’ vacancies in the State.
(B) The government clearly has a duty to fulfill the right mandated to children in our Constitution.
(C) If this trend continues, many government schools may have to be wound up.
(D) Data available with the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and the Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan confirm that the number of schools with zero admissions have been on the rise in the country.
(E) For example, last year, not a single student enrolled in Class I in 534 government schools in Karnataka.
(F) However, Telangana is not the only state where education in government schools is neglected. It’s an all-India phenomenon.
a) FEDCB
b) FECDB
c) FCEBD
d) FCEDB
(d)
120.
(A) How could he choose things so quickly?
(B) My friend selected everything he needed very quickly.
(C) But his selections were fantastic.
(D) He has been in a marketing job for many years.
a) CBAD
b) ADCB
c) BCAD
d) ACDB
(c)
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