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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