1191: With reference to Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, consider the following statements
1. It is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
2. It, among other things, will also impart training in soft skills, entrepreneurship, financial and digital literacy.
3. It aims to align the competencies of the unregulated workforce of the country to the National Skill Qualification Framework.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1192: With reference to Indian Polity, which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) Planning Commission is accountable to Parliament
(b) President can make ordinance only when either of the two Houses of Parliament is not in session
(c) The minimum age prescribed for appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court is 40 years
(d) National Development Council is constituted of Union Finance Minister and the Chief Ministers of all the States
1193: The American multinational company, Monsanto has produced an insect-resistant cotton variety that is undergoing field- trails in India. A toxin gene from which ONE of the following bacteria has been transferred to this transgenic cotton ?
(a) Bacillus subtilis
(b) Bacillus thurigiensis
(c) Bacillus amyloliquifanciens
(d) Bacillus globlii
1194: A train of length 150 metres, moving at a speed of 90 km/hr can cross a 200 metre bridge in
(a) 8 seconds
(b) 14 seconds
(c) 6 seconds
(d) 15 seconds
1195: Barkhan is a
(a) Crescent shaped sand-dune
(b) Depositional bar, separated by water from the coast
(c) Dark coloured, fine grained rock
(d) Glacial erosional feature