1. In the context to the Parliamentary Committees, which of the statement(s) given below is/are not correct?

1. 1.Finance Committees existence is uninterrupted and usually reconstituted on an annual basis.
2. 2.Select committees formed for a specific purpose, such as to deliberate on a particular bill and cease to exist once the bill is disposed.

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2. With reference to the G-20 summit, consider the following statements:

1. 1.The G20 is an informal group of 19 countries and the European Union, with representatives of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
2. 2.The G20 operates as a forum and not as an organisation and it does not have any permanent secretariat or management and administrative structure.
3. 3.All the three countries of North America are the members of the G-20 groupings.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

3. In context to National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), consider the following:

1. 1.It is under administrative control of the Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
2. 2.It functions as the nodal agency in the country for disease surveillance facilitating prevention and control of communicable diseases.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

4. With reference to Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), consider the following:

1. 1.It is a flagship Scheme of the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Home Affairs.
2. 2.It is to provide quality healthcare for Ex-servicemen pensioners and their dependents.
3. 3.It provides allopathic and AYUSH medicare through a network of ECHS Polyclinics, AYUSH hospitals spread across the country.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

5. Consider the following statements:

1. 1.The Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) was established in 1948, with public contributions to assist displaced persons from Pakistan
2. 2.The fund consists entirely of public contributions and does not get any budgetary support
3. 3.The disbursement out of the fund is made at the discretion of the Prime Minister.

Which of the above statements is/ are correct?

6. Consider the following statements regarding ‘Kuril Islands’:

1. 1.Kuril Island separates the South China Sea from the Pacific Ocean.
2. 2.The archipelago extends from the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to the northeastern corner of Hokkaido island of Japan.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

7. Recently, the report ‘Payroll Reporting in India: An Employment Perspective’ was seen in the news. It is released by which of the following organizations?

8. Consider the following statements regarding Regional Rural Banks in India:

1. 1.The equity of a regional rural bank is held by the Central Government, concerned State Government and the Sponsor Bank in the proportion of 50:15:35.
2. 2.The RRBs are required to provide 75% of their total credit as priority sector lending

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9. Kuril Islands are situated between:

10. Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report is released by: