346: Which of the following are the public sector undertakings of the Government of India ?
1. Balmer Lawrie and Company Ltd.
2. Dredging Corporation of India
3. Educational Consultants of India Ltd.
Select the correct answer using the code given, below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Explanation:
1. Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. is a public limited company with 61.8% shareholding by Balmer Lawrie Investments Limited, a Government Of India company and hence a government company within the meaning of section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956.
2. Dredging Corporation of India is a schedule B & a MINI RATNA- CATEGORY-I Public Sector Enterprise. DCI is one among the Public Sector Undertakings of India in which the Government has disinvested it's share holding.
3. Educational Consultants India Ltd. (Ed.CIL) is a Government of India enterprise offering consultancy and technical services in different aspects of education and human resource development, not only within India but on a global basis. It seeks to meet today's social, economic and environmental challenges through institutional development.
347: Which of the following is/are the aim/aims of "Digital India" Plan of the Government of India?
1. Formation of India's own Internet companies like China did.
2. Establish a policy framework to encourage overseas multinational corporations that collect Big Data to build their large data centres within our national geographical boundaries.
3 Connect many of our villages to the Internet and bring Wi-Fi to many of our school, public places and major tourist
Select the correct answer using the code given below
(a ) 1 and 2 only
( b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
348: Department of Border Management is a Department of which one of the following Union Ministries?
(a) Ministry of Home Affairs
(b) Ministry of Defence
(c) Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways
(d) Ministry of Environment and Forests
Explanation:
The Ministry of Home Affairs consists of the following departments.
Department of Internal Security
Department of States Department of Official Language
Department of Home Department of Jammu Kashmir Affairs
Department of Border Management
349: How is the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference wherein the agreements were signed to set up IBRD, GATT and IMF, commonly known?
(a) Bandung Conference
(b) Yalta Conference
(c) Bretton Woods Conference
(d) Versailles Conference
Explanation:
The Bretton Woods system of monetary management established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world's major industrial states. The Bretton Woods system was the first example of a fully negotiated monetary order intended to govern monetary relations among independent nation-states.
Preparing to rebuild the international economic system as World War II was still raging, 730 delegates from all 44 Allied nations gathered at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, for the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference. The delegates deliberated upon and signed the Bretton Woods Agreements during the first three weeks of July 1944. , Setting up a system of rules, institutions, and procedures to regulate the international monetary system, the planners at Bretton Woods established the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (now one of five institutions in the World Bank Group) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). These organizations became operational in 1945 after a sufficient number of countries had ratified the agreement.
The chief features of the Bretton Woods system were an obligation for each country to adopt a monetary policy that maintained the exchange rate of its currency within a fixed value-plus or minus one percent-in terms of gold and the ability of the IMF to bridge temporary imbalances of payments.
In the face of increasing strain, the system collapsed in 1971, following the United States' suspension of convertibility from dollars to gold. This created the unique situation whereby the United States Dollar became the "reserve currency" for the Nations who signed.
350: Consider the following companies:
1. Voltas
2. Titan Industries
3. Rallis India
4. Indian Hotels
Which of the above companies are in the Tata Group of Industries?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4