UPSC Prelims Mini Mock Test: 645

Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) aims to safeguard the valuable traditional knowledge from being patented by other countries . Which of the following Statement(s) is/are correct regarding TKDL?

1. The Health Ministry has fixed 1960 as the “cut-off year” for the purpose of including transcriptions of all Indian traditional works in the database of the TKDL.
2. TKDL is a collaborative project between the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and AYUSH

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As per recent studies, some meteorologists claim that 2016 will be among hottest years on record due to "Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)". With this reference, consider the following statements:

1. PDO is a temperature pattern observed primarily in southern Pacific Ocean.
2. While during “warm" phase of PDO, south-west pacific becomes cooler, during “cold" phase south east pacific becomes cooler.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Coral Reefs in India are prevalent in parts of:

1. Lakshadweep Islands
2. Gulf of Mannar
3. Nicobar Islands

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Consider the following physical quantities:

1. Entropy 
2. Work
3. Momentum
4. Force

Which of the above are vector quantities?

The borrowing rights of a member of International Monetary Fund (IMF) depend upon__:

1. Size of member country’s Gold Reserves
2. Member country’s quota to IMF
3. Member country’s seriousness towards the Balance of Payments Equilibrium

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