Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Current Affairs Questions - I


CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS
SET - I
Total Questions:- 50

(01) The Election Commission awarded the best electoral practices and election management for the year 2012 to three States. Which one of the following in NOT included in that award list?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) West Bengal

(02) Match:
          List – I                                              List – II
A       Arihant                          1        Nuclear missile submarine
B       Chakra                           2        Nuclear attack submarine
C       Brahmos                        3        Supersonic missile
D       Nirbhay                          4        Subsonic missile
Codes:-
          A       B       C       D
(a)     4        3        2        1
(b)     1        2        3        4
(c)      1        3        2        4
(d)     4        2        3        1

(03) Match:
          List – I (Committee)                         List – II (Purpose)
A       Sam Pitroda                   1        Prasar Bharati
B       Kasturirangan               2        Delay in infrastructure projects
C       Santosh Hegde              3        Manipur fake encounter killings
D       Rangarajan                    4        Price for LNG
Codes:-
          A       B       C       D
(a)     1        2        3        4
(b)     4        3        2        1
(c)      1        3        2        4
(d)     4        2        3        1

(04) Which of the following ministries are involved in Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011?
1.     Ministry of social justice and empowerment
2.     Ministry of Rural development
3.     Ministry of minority affairs
4.     Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Only 2 and 3
(d) Only 2 and 4

(05) Jarawa is a tribe located in
(a) North Andaman
(b) Middle Andaman
(c) South Andaman
(d) Little Andaman

(06) Consider the following Statements:-
(I) Constitution of India says that President needs to appoint a tribal commission after 5 years of commencement of Constitution and thereafter as and when he deems fit
(II) So far four tribal commissions have been made
Which of the above statement(s) is/are NOT correct?
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

(07) Which of the following group of North Eastern States has separate High Courts for them?
(a) Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura and Sikkim
(b) Manipur, Sikkim, Mizoram and Meghalaya
(c) Meghalaya, Tripura, Assam and Nagaland
(d) Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland

(08) According to the Union Ministry of Statistics, which state has the maximum number of manufacturing industries in India?
(a) Gujarat 
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu

(09) The State that has the maximum number of juvenile murders in India is
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan

(10) UNO celebrates 2013 as Year of
(I) Water Cooperation                      (II) Family Farming
(III) Crystallography                         (IV) Quinoa
(a) I and II only
(b) II and III only
(c) II and IV only
(d) I and IV only

(11) Pick the incorrect statement
(a) Ms. Tulsi Gabbard is the first Hindu ever elected to the U.S. House of Representative
(b) She is elected from California
(c) She became the third Indian-American member of the U.S. House
(d) She is a Democrat

(12) Minmata Convention is associated with
(a) Chloro fluro carbons
(b) Carbon di-oxide
(c) Mercury
(d) Endangered Species

(13) “Project Ministers”, a project which aims to include 28 deputy Ministers in the Cabinet taking the tally of total Ministers to 97. Which Asian country we are referring to this?
(a) The Philippines
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Iran
(d) Kazakhastan

(14) Identify the name of the dams in the following map marked as 1, 2 3 and 4 respectively

(a) Dagu, Jiacha, Jiexu and Zangmu
(b) Jiacha, Jiexu, Dagu and Zangmu
(c) Jiacha, Dagu, Zangmu and Jiexu
(d) Dagu, Jiexu, Zangmu and Jiacha

(15) John Kerry, the present US Secretary of State is a Democratic senator from
(a) Ohio
(b) Massachusetts
(c) Virginia
(d) South Dakota

(16) Janko Tipsarevic who won the Chennai Open 2013 belongs to the country of
(a) Spain
(b) Switzerland
(c) Serbia
(d) France

 (17) Consider the following statements:-
(I) By winning the Australian Open 2013, Novak Djokovic became the second person to win the cup three consecutive times
(II) Bob and Mike Bryan won their 13th doubles title together at the Australian Open 2013
Which of the above is/are correct?
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

(18) The tenth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the annual convention of Indian Diaspora spread across the globe, held at Kochi, Kerala in 2013. Prime Minister released a stamp on ______ at this event.
(a) Civil disobedience Movement
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Ghadar Movement
(d) Khilafat Movement

(19) Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) launched the first fast patrol vessel (FPV), built for the Indian Coast Guard. The vessel is the first in a series of 20 numbers fast patrol vessel (FPVs) contracted by CSL for the Indian Coast Guard. What is the name of the Patrol Vehicle?
(a) Madhusudan
(b) Aadesh
(c) Rastrabhakt
(d) Vishwast

(20) United Nation has released "One Women" album on the occasion of International Women's Day. Name the Indian Artist who was the member of this album?
(a) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
(b) Anoushka Shankar
(c) Mallika Sarabhai
(d) Amzad Ali Khan

 (21) A committee had been constituted to review taxation in IT sector under the Chairmanship of -
(a) Anita Kapur
(b) N. Rangacharya
(c) Y. B. Reddy
(d) C. Rangarajan

(22) India signed agreement with which country recently for the Modernisation of Indian Railways?
(a) Belgium
(b) Japan
(c) USA
(d) France

(23) Microsoft announced plans to shut down which service?
(a) MS Office 2007
(b) Skype
(c) Windows Live Messenger
(d) Bing

(24) The Government of China recently launched a postage stamp to mark the year 2013. Name the animal depicted on the postage stamp?
(a) Lizard
(b) Snake
(c) Dragon
(d) Rabbit

(25) Which is not a feature of the American Constitution?
(a) Written Constitution
(b) Federation
(c) Cabinet System
(d) Republic

(26) ISRO recently gave clearance for using which frequency band from satellite for internet on trains?
(a) S Band
(b) C Band
(c) KU Band
(d) 3G Spectrum

(27) Name the first Asian country to Order Chemical Castration of Child Rapist?
(a) South Korea
(b) North Korea
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Russia

(28) A centre dedicated to the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore is being proposed to be established at -
(a) St. Petersburg
(b) London
(c) Los Angeles
(d) Edinburgh

(29) Which of the following is statements is/are correct?
(I) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) gives loans at zero interest rate to poor countries.
(II) International Development Association (IDA) gives loans at market rates to middle class and poor countries.
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

(30)  Correct statement about Dedicated Freight Corridors?
(I) It is made up of three sub-corridors: Western, Eastern and Northern
(II) The Eastern Corridor will connect Punjab to West Bengal
(III) Only electrical trains will be operated on these corridors.
(IV) The Western Corridor will connect Punjab to Karnataka.
(a) Only I and IV
(b) Only I and III
(c) Only II and III
(d) Only II and IV

 (31) Which of the following is/are wrongly defined?
(I) Infant Mortality Rate denotes no. of infant deaths in less than 1 year of age per 1000 live births.
(II) Neo-Natal Mortality Rate denotes no. of infant deaths of age less than 2 months per 1000 live births
(III) Growth Rate – excess of births over deaths for every 100 persons.
(a) I and II only
(b) II and III only
(c) I only
(d) All

(32) The FAO Food Price Index is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities. It consists of the average of five commodity group price indices, weighted with the average export shares of each of the groups. Which among the following commodity group is NOT present in the index?
(a) Meat
(b) Oil/fats
(c) Fisheries
(d) Dairy

(33) Mamoni Scheme meant for reducing Maternal Mortality ratio is implemented in the state of
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Mizoram

(34) Name the person who was appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations.
(a) Dilip Sinha
(b) Nirupam Sen
(c) Asoke Kumar Mukerji
(d) Hardeep Singh Puri

 (35) National Security Guards was created by the Government of India on the pattern of Special Air Service & GSG-9 of two European Countries. Which are these two countries respectively? 
(a) UK & France
(b) France & Germany
(c) UK & Germany
(d) None of these

(36) The World Agriculture Congress (WAC), to be held in November 2013 which is likely to see participation from about 600 delegates is scheduled to be held in the city of
(a) Pune
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Coimbatore
(d) Hyderabad

(37) “Panjeeyan” is an e-governance project associated with the Indian state of
(a) Punjab
(b) Assam
(c) Karnataka
(d) West Bengal

(38) Match:- (Satellites of PSLV-C20 and their purposes)
          List – I                                              List – II
A       SAPHIRE                       1        Arctic Region
B       NEOSSAT                      2        Mobile phones in space
C       AAUSAT                        3        Detection and tracking of Asteroids
D       STRand                          4        Space Debris
Codes:-
          A       B       C       D
(a)     1        2        3        4
(b)     4        3        1        2
(c)      2        1        3        4
(d)     3        4        1        2

 (39) In the Railway Budget 2013, a new State has been included for the first time in Indian Railway Map. Which State is that?
(a) Manipur
(b)Meghalaya
(c) Nagaland
(d) Arunachal Pradesh

(40) Modified GAAR norms to be introduce from
(a) 2 014
(b) 2015
(c) 2016
(d) 2017

(41) Zhuang Zedong, who passed away recently, was associated with the sport of
(a) Football
(b) Table Tennis
(c) Badminton
(d) Swimming

(42) Which of the following is/are correctly matched?
(I) Samsung – Rex
(II) Nokia – Asha
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

(43) The State which engaged thousands of differently abled persons in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) that has prompted the Union government to replicate the model in the rest of the country
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Gujarat
(d) Andhra Pradesh

 (44) “Iron Fist” is
(a) Indian Naval force’s first day-night exercise
(b) Indian Air force’s first day-night exercise
(c) Indian Army’s first day-night exercise
(d) Indian Defence force’s first day-night exercise

(45) AirAsia is joining with which group to form budget airlines in India?
(a) Reliance
(b) Tata
(c) Mittal
(d) Sun TV

(46) The Reserve Bank of India released new rules that would allow private players and non-banking finance firms to enter the tightly regulated banking sector. As per the new rule, the minimum equity capital required for setting up a bank is Rs. ____
(a) 250 crore
(b) 500 crore
(c) 750 crore
(d) 1000 crore

(47) The armies of (two countries) launched a joint military exercise called “Shanti Praya-II”
(a) USA and Nepal
(b) India and Nepal
(c) USA and Bhutan
(d) India and Bhutan

(48) Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee is appointed for
(a) To review the drought situation in the farm suicide belt of Indian states
(b) To review the arts and science college educational system in India
(c) To review the women representation in Indian defence sectors
(d) To review the powers of the Censor Board

 (49) India’s single-window body to clear foreign investment proposals, FIPB, cleared IKEA’s Rs 10,500-crore project, the largest FDI in single-brand retail so far. Which of the following statements about IKEA is correct?
(a) IKEA is a Japanese Insurance company
(b) IKEA is a South African jewellery company
(c) IKEA is a South Korean Car company
(d) IKEA is a Swedish furniture company

(50) What is 'Novozymes Avantec'?
(a) a new drug found to combat HIV
(b) a vaccine for Japanese Encephalitis
(c) a disease that destroyed apple crop of Himachal Pradesh
(d) an enzyme discovered to produce more ethanol from corn

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