1) Recently, India has signed an agreement for 'Trilateral Transport and Transit Corridor' with which of the following countries?
a) Iraq and Iran
b) Iran and Pakistan
c) Pakistan and Afghanistan
d) Afghanistan and Iran
2) Recently, India has signed an agreement to develop Chahbahar port and related infrastructure. Which of the following statements is incorrect in context of the port?
a) It is a seaport in south eastern Iran.
b) It handles 85% of the sea-borne trade of Iran.
c) Its location lies in the Gulf of Oman.
d) It is the only Iranian port with direct access to the ocean
3) The government of India has decided implement the Bharat Stage-VI norms (emission standards) by which of the following year :
a) 2025
b) 2017
c) 2020
d) 2023
4) Recently, the United States has decided to lift the ban on sales of lethal arms to which of the following countries?
a) Vietnam
b) China
c) India
d) Japan
5) The Indian Space Research Organization recently successfully conducted the maiden test flight of a Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator. Which ‘technology demonstration exercise’ was tested in this test flight?
a) Hypersonic flight experiment (HEX)
b) Landing experiment (LEX),
c) Return flight experiment (REX)
d) Scramjet propulsion experiment (SPEX).
6) Which one of the following ports and their adjoining water body is not correctly matched?
a) Gwadar Port - Arabian Sea
b) Port of Bandar Abbas - Strait of Hormuz
c) Chahbahar port - Gulf of Oman
d) None of the above.
Answers :
1) d
2) b, Port of Bandar Abbas handles 85% of Iran's seaborne trade and is highly congested.
Note : The Indian component of the Chahbahar port is also part of the Ashgabat Agreement.
3) d
4) a
5) a
6) d
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