PREMIX 1999

TOPICS
5 PRELIMS 1. SAARC
ORIENTED 2. SABAH
QUESTIONS ON 3. MARS
4. NRC
CURRENT AFFAIRS 5. WAGE REPORT
Prelims Test Series
1
Which of the following are correct wrt SAARC
(South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) –
1. It was established in Delhi in 1985
2. Myanmar is not a member
3. Afghanistan is a member

A. 2 only
B. 2 & 3 only
C. 3 only
D. All of the above
 The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
(SAARC)
was established with the signing of the SAARC Charter in
Dhaka
on 8 December 1985.
SAARC comprises of eight Member States:
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The Secretariat of the Association was set up in
Kathmandu on 17 January 1987.
2
A Business Association Of Home-based
Workers (SABAH) is a part of -
A.SAARC
B.SASEC
C.SCO
D.IBSA
 Learn More About SASEC here
SASEC Program - Quick Revision Series - International Relations for UPSC || IAS

https://youtu.be/nDHo-eusFnk
3
Which of the following missions to Mars are correctly
matched –
i. ExoMars - Undertaken jointly by the two space
agencies, ESA and Roscosmos
ii. India - First Asian nation to reach Mars orbit
A. i only
B. ii only
C. Both
D. None
Scientific instruments on Manglayan
LAP Lyman-Alpha Photometer
Methane Sensor for
MSM
Mars (defective)
Mars Exospheric Neutral
MENCA
Composition Analyser
Thermal Infrared Imaging
TIS
Spectrometer
MCC Mars Colour Camera
Manglayan - Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)
4 National Resource Centres are in news.
Which of the following is true in their context -
i. They are being taken up by Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship
ii. It is aimed at professionally developing higher
education faculty
A. i only
B. ii only
C. Both
D. None
 The Ministry of Human Resource Development
has launched a major and unique initiative
of online professional development of 1.5 million higher education faculty
using the MOOCs platform SWAYAM.

In the first phase, 75 discipline-specific National Resource Centres have been

identified
which are tasked to prepare online training material
with focus on latest developments in the discipline,
new & emerging trends,
pedagogical improvements
and methodologies for transacting revised curriculum.
 More Here
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=179119
5
Global Wage Report is released by –
A.World Bank
B.World Economic Forum
C.World Statistic Bureau
D.None of these
Global Wage Report 2018 brought out by the
International Labour Organisation (ILO).
 SO

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