1. Consider the following statements:

1. 1. 1. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first PM to present the Union Budget for the FY 1958-1959.
   2. 2. The Budget presented for the FY 1973-74, by the then Finance Minister Yashwantrao B. Chavan was called as the Black Budget.
   3. 3. The Budget presented by the then Finance Minister Manmohan Singh for the FY 1991-92 is known as the Epochal Budget.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

2. Consider the following statements:

1. 1. 1. Foreign exchange reserves are assets held on reserve by a central bank in foreign currencies, which can include bonds, treasury bills and other government securities.
   2. 2. The SDR is an international reserve asset, created by the IMF in 1969 to supplement its member countries’ official reserves.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

3. Which of the following state shares international border with Myanmar?

1. 1. 1. Arunachal Pradesh
   2. 2. Mizoram
   3. 3. Assam
   4. 4. Manipur

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

4. The budget Session goes through different stages. Arrange the stages in a sequential order:

1. 1. 1. Presentation of Budget.
   2. 2. General discussion.
   3. 3. Scrutiny by Departmental Committees.
   4. 4. Voting on Demands for Grants.
   5. 5. Passing of Appropriation Bill.
   6. 6. Passing of Finance Bill.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

5. Consider the following statements with regards to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights:

1. 1. 1. It is a statutory body under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005 under the administrative control of the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India.
   2. 2. The commission defines a child as a person between the ages of 0 and 18 years.
   3. 3. The commission has a chairperson and six Members of which at least two should be Women.

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6. Consider the following statements with respect to the National Clean Air Programme:

1. 1. 1. The NCAP has set a target of reducing key air pollutants PM10 and PM2.5 (ultra-fine particulate matter) by 20-30% by 2024, taking the pollution levels in 2019 as the base year.
   2. 2. The NCAP has identified 132 cities as non-attainment cities as they did not meet the national ambient air quality standards for 2011-15 under the National Air Quality Monitoring Program.
   3. 3. The NCAP was launched in 2019.

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7. Which of the following nations is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)?

8. In context to Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), consider the following statements:

1. 1. 1. It is a group of infections that are most common only in the developing regions of Africa and Asia.
   2. 2. They are caused by a variety of pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, protozoa and parasitic worms.
   3. 3. Globally, a minuscule population is affected by NTDs.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

9. Consider the following, with regard to Bomb Cyclones?

1. 1. 1. It is an intense midlatitude storm that has extremely high pressure at its centre.
   2. 2. They are less likely to occur during summer seasons.
   3. 3. They generally form over the northwestern Atlantic and northwestern Pacific waters.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

10. Consider the following, with regard to National Commission for Women (NCW):

1. 1. 1. It is a statutory body established under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act.
   2. 2. It can not take suo-moto action to inquire into the cases.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?