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• The term Withholding Tax, recently seen in news, refers to:

  • A tax collected at the source of income before payment is made to the recipient
  • A tax levied on companies for issuing shares in foreign markets
  • A surcharge imposed on foreign exchange transactions by central banks
  • A tax imposed on imports to protect domestic industries

• Consider the following crops:

  1. Paddy
  2. Soybean
  3. Bajra
  4. Maize
  5. Nigerseed

  How many of the above crops are covered under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) regime in India?

  • Only two
  • Only three
  • Only four
  • All five

• Consider the following statements:

  Statement I: Thunderstorms are classified as meso-gamma weather systems with a spatial extent of around 2–20 km and a temporal scale of a few hours.

  Statement II: In India, thunderstorms are generally most frequent during the monsoon season because high humidity alone is sufficient for their formation.

  Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  • Both Statement I and Statement II are correct and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are correct but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
  • Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
  • Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

• Consider the following countries:

  1. Estonia
  2. Russia
  3. Belarus
  4. Lithuania

  How many of the above share a land border with Latvia?

  • Only one
  • Only two
  • Only three
  • All four

• Consider the following statements regarding Project Garud, recently seen in news:

  1. It is a defence drone development programme.
  2. It was launched by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • 1 only
  • 2 only
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2