1. With reference to Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs), consider the following statements :

• 1. These are companies registered under the Companies Act, 1956
• 2. They cannot accept demand deposits
• 3. NBFC are not part of payment and settlement systems
• 4. They can issue cheques drawn on itself

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

2. Which of the following is one of the principal organs of the United Nations:

3. Consider the following statements about Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

• 1. It is an international non-governmental organisation established to combat money laundering and terrorism financing
• 2. Itʼs Secretariat is housed at the OECD headquarters in Paris

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

4. What is the aim of ISROʼs Aditya L-1 mission?

5. Strait of Hormuz separates which of the following:

6. Consider the following statements about Asiatic Gold Cat :

• 1. It is endemic to Western Ghats
• 2. Itʼs coat comes in golden, gray, melanistic, ocelot, etc
• 3. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCNʼs Red List of threatened species

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

7. Sheath Blight disease recently seen in news infects which of the following crops:

8. Vikram and Pragyaan are components of which of the following mission?

9. Consider the following statements about International Space Station (ISS).

• 1. It is a habitable artificial satellite in the low earth orbit
• 2. It is a joint project between NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA, ESA and CSA

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

10. Europa is a natural satellite of which of the following?