Saturday, 28 April 2018

MCQ for Civils Prelims 2018 (set 5)



1) A nine-judge constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India, declared that the right to privacy is ‘intrinsic to life and liberty’ and an inherent part of the fundamental freedoms enshrined in Part III of the Constitution of India. In this context, which of the following is correct ?
a) Right to privacy is an intrinsic part of Article 21 that protects life and liberty of the citizens of India
b) The ruling has implications for the government’s vast biometric ID scheme, covering access to benefits, bank accounts and payment of taxes
c) The other outcomes are unambiguously positive
d) All the above
Ans : d
2)  The Bench comprising of five judges of Supreme Court of India, including Chief Justice JS Khehar,  from major faiths in India i.e., Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism delivered judgement in which case recently ?
a) Triple Talaq
b) Animal protection
c) Land Acquisition
d) Child marraiges
Ans : a

3) Which of the following is not a fundamental right now,  in Indian Constitution ?
a) Right to equality
b) Right to freedom
c) Right to privacy
d) Right to property
Ans : d

4) Devendra Jhajharia and Sardara Singh received which award recently ?
a) Rajiv Khel Ratna Award,2017
b) Dronacharya Award
c) Dhyan Chand Award
d) Bharat Ratna Award
Ans : a

5) Article 12 of the Universal declaration of Human Rights (UN) guarantees which of the following ?
a) No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation.
b) Everyone has the right to the protection of law against such interference or attacks
c) Every one has the right to a nationality
d) Both (a) and (b)
Ans : d

6) For Ramon Magsaysay Award, who are selected recently ?
a) Gethsie Shanmugam  from Sri Lanka
b) Abdon Nababan  from Indonesia
c) Lilia de Lima from Philippines
d) All the above
Ans : d
7) The Indian Council of Food and Agriculture on 19th August, 2017 announced the Global Agriculture Leadership Award to whom ?
a) K.Chandrasekhara Rao, CM , Telangana
b) Nitish Kumar
c) P.Vijayan
d) Mamata Banerjee
Ans : a
8) The motif of  ‘Hampi with Chariot’ is printed on the reverse of which currency note ? 
a) One Rupee Note
b) Rs. 500 note
c) Rs.50 note
d) Rs.1000 note
Ans :  c
9) Who has taken charge as Pakistan High Commissioner to India recently ?
a)Kulbhushan Jadhav
b) Sohail Mahmood
c) Mohamoud Abbas
d)Hassan Rouhani
Ans : b
10) Who assumed charge as the 45th Chief Justice of India on 28th August, 2017 ?
a) Justice Dipak Misra
b) Justice J S Khehar
c)Dalbir Singh Bhandari
d)Justice Leila Seth
Ans : a

11) The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 applies to establishments employing 10 or more persons. The present upper ceiling on gratuity amount under the Act is Rs. 10 Lakh. (with implementation of 7th Central Pay Commission, in case of Government servants, the ceiling now is Rs. 20 Lakhs effective from 1.1.2016).Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 is an important social security legislation to wage earning population in which of the following ?
a) industries
b) factories
c) establishments
d) All the above
Ans : d
12) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for development of six laning of Narasannapeta-Ranastalam section of National Highway (NH) – 16 (old NH-5). Narasannapeta – Ranastalam is in which state ? 
a) Bihar
b)West Bengal
c) Orisha
d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans : d
13)  Who is the  Union Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge) ? 
a) Shri Shripad Yesso Naik
b) Bandaru Dattatreya
c) Shri Ramdas  Athawale
d) Smt.Anupriya Patel
Ans : a
14) Coarse cereals were included in the 12th scheme and NFSM-coarse cereal is being implemented in how many districts ?
a) 200 districts
b) 265 districts of 28 states since 2014-15.
c) 150 districts
d) None of these
Ans : b
15) Who is the  Secretary of  DIPP ? 
a) Dr.S.Christopher
b) Ramesh Abhishek
c) A.S.Kiran Kumar
d) S.Basu
Ans : b
16) Who are the enablers for the startups in India ?  
a) Venture Capitalists (VCs) 
b) Incubators
c)  Accelerators, Banks, etc.
d) All the above
Ans : d
17) Ministry of Corporate Affairs  cancelled  registration of around 2.10 lakh (2,09,032) defaulting companies . After closing of around 2.10 Lakh Companies, how many companies are there having Active status with the Registrar of Companies ?
a) about 11 Lakh companies
b) 4 lakh companies
c) 6 lakh companies
d) None of these
Ans : a
18) Area of Sir Creek because of the relevance of the area to the overall security requirements of Southern Command. Where is Sir Creek ?
a) Gujrat  coast ( tidal estuary  between Pakistan and Pakistan )
b) Maharastra sea coast
c) Karnataka sea coast
d) Kerala sea coast
Ans : a
19)  Work will start  on three river interlinking projects within the next three months. These include which of the following ?
a) Ken-Betwa Linking Project
b) Damanganga- Pinjal Link Project
c) Par-Tapi-Narmada Link projects
d) All the above
Ans : d
20) When Government of India confers the "Highest Civilian Honor for Women"  by presenting "Nari Shakti Puraskars"?
a) June 5
b) 8thMarch, every year, International Women’s Day
c) June 21
d) April 7
Ans : b
21) What is  National SC-ST Hub ? Give details.
a) It is  launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
b) It aims to create a supportive ecosystem for SC/ST entrepreneurs by assisting in technology upgradation and capacity building
c) It enables  SC/ST entrepreneurs to effectively participate in public procurement processes.
d) All the above
Ans : d
22) Which of the following are some of  the Priority programmes of central government ?
a) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
b) Din Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
c) Promoting Digital Payments and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban and Rural)
d) All the above
Ans : d
23) Which country is a pioneer in high-speed rail networks, and its Shinkansen bullet train is among the fastest in the world?
a) Japan
b) China
c) France
d) Russia
Ans : a
24) 125th Year of Swami Vivekananda's Chicago Address is celebrated this year .  When Swami Vivekananda  extended   love, harmony and brotherhood through his famous speech, 125 years back ?
a)  12th January 1863
b)    September 11, 1893
c) 14.11.1889
d) 2.10.1869
Ans : b
25) The two-day festival ‘North East Calling’, is organized by which ministry ?
a) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER)
b) Ministry of External Affairs
c) Ministry of Home Affairs
d) Ministry of Defence
Ans : a
26) Which of the following is correct ?
a) National Zoological Park : Delhi
b) the Lion Safari : Etawah
c) Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens :  Mysusru
d) All the above
Ans : d
27) The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) is a statutory body created under the provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. When it came into existence  to oversee the functioning of zoos and provide them technical and other assistance?
a) 1992
b) 1975
c) 2001
d)1985
Ans : a
28) The commencement of work on the Country’s First High Speed (Bullet train) will begin on 14th September, 2017 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. What are the salient features of this project ?
a) Length 508 KMs (approx.), doubleline through two states, Maharashtra(156 KMs)and Gujarat(351 KMs) and UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (2 KMs).
b)  Longest tunnel 21 KM switch 7 KMs undersea (Thane Creek).
c) Maximum Design Speed-:350 kmph
d) All the above
Ans : d
29) Who  is  Defence Minister of India, now? 
a) Smt. Nirmala  Sitharaman
b) smt. Indira Gandhi
c)SS Ahluwalia
d) Kiren Rijiju
Ans : a
30) The International Literacy Day is celebrated on 8th September every year throughout the world.  When UNESCO declared  the International Literacy Day ?
a) 1945
b) UNESCO in its 14th Session in November, 1966, declared 8th September as the International Literacy Day
c) 1991
d) 1948
Ans : b
31) What are the  major causes leading to railway accidents  in India ?
a) Unmanned Level Crossings accounted for 34% of accidents in 2016-17 : (All unmanned level crossings should be eliminated expeditiously on the entire Indian Railway network in a year’s time from now)
b) Derailments due to defects in tracks.( The special focus is to identify measures to reduce accidents due to derailments which has emerged as one of the major causes of Train accidents)
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Only (a)
Ans : c
32) Who is  the President of the Swiss Confederation ?
a) Jean Claude Juncker
b) Ms. Doris Leuthard
c) Thomas Bach
d) Asharose Migiro
Ans : b
33) Shri Sunil Arora assumed charge of  which of the following ?
a) new Election Commissioner of India
b) Attorney General
c) Solicitor General
d) Advocate General
Ans : a
34)  Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna was announced by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in his independence speech on 15th August, 2014 & the scheme was formally launched on which date ?
a) 2015
b) 28th August, 2014
c) 2016
d) 2017
Ans : b
35) What are the  additional benefits, accrue to a customer  on opening a bank account under Jan Dhan Scheme ?
a) a RuPay Debit Card having inbuilt insurance cover of Rs 1 Lakh.  
b) an overdraft (OD) facility of Rs 5,000/- is granted to the customer for satisfactory operation of account for 6 months.
c) A life cover of Rs 30,000/- has also been granted to customers for opening the accounts up to a certain time period
d)All the above
Ans : d
36) The period of five years from 1942 to 1947  reflected  India’s struggle for freedom which transformed the entire country into one to fight for the freedom from the British Rule.  Similarly  the vision of new India from 2017 to 2022 will be showcased with  various developmental programmes.  What is the importance of 2022 ?
a)   Starting of 15th Five Year Plan
b) India will be celebrating 75 years of India’s Independence.
c) 60 years of Green Revolution
d) None of these
Ans : b
37) The five year period from 2017 to 2022 is to give a unique opportunity of ‘Sankalp se Sidhi’ towards a ‘New India’. This programme is in tune with the mass campaign started by the Prime Minister to take the six resolves to make the country free from which of the following ?
a) free of corruption; free of poverty;
b) free of filth; free of communalism;.
c) free of terrorism and free of casteism
d) All the above
Ans : d
38) Which of the following is correct ?
a) “The First War of Independence : 1857”
b) “The Champaran Satyagrah” : 1917
c)  “The Quit India Movement” : 1942
d) All the above
Ans : d
39) The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi had announced the pan-India implementation of PMMVY w.e.f. 01st January, 2017 ? In the abbreviation PMMVY, the letter V stands for what ?  
a) Vandana ( PMMVY : Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana )
b) Vaya
c)Value
d) Vision
Ans : a
40) What is FASTag ?
a) Train
b) The FASTag is an RFID tag, available both online and offline through banks and Common Service Centres
c) Lorry
d) Bus
Ans : b

41) What is ‘Tribes India’? Give details.
a) It is a  brand name .
b) TRIFED is  engaged in marketing development of tribal products including tribal art & craft under the brand name “TRIBES INDIA”.
c) Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development of India Ltd., (TRIFED) is an organization under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India
d) All the above
Ans : d
42) Which of the following is correct ? (Tribes: Living Places/States)
a) Bhutia tribes :  Uttrakhand
b) Bodh & Kinnaura tribes : Himachal Pradesh
c) Toda & Erula tribes : Nilgiri Hills
d) All the above
Ans : d
43) Which of the following is correct ?  (Tribes: Living Places/States)
a) Thangkul Naga, Bodo, Konyak & Dimasha tribes : North Eastern States
b) Bhil, Garasia, Rathwa, Gamit tribes : desert of Rajasthan and Rann of Kuchh
c) Munda and Oraon tribes : Ranchi district in Jarkhand   
d) All the above
Ans : d
44) Who is the chairman of the ‘Committee on Doubling Farmers’ income’ , which submitted report recently ?
a) Ashok Dalwai
b) V K Mittal
c) KK Chakravarty
d) Ashwani Lohani
Ans : a
45) Who is  the new Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog ?
a) Prof.M.Aslam
b) Dr. Rajiv Kumar
c) Dilip Rath
d) Shekhar Sen
Ans : b
46)  Leaders of the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa, met on 4 September 2017 in Xiamen, China, at the Ninth BRICS Summit.  What is the theme  of this summit ?
a) I4C
b) “BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future”,
c) Trust us to find way
d) Recognition of mutual need
Ans : b
47) A Geographical Indication or a GI is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. Such a name conveys an assurance of quality and distinctiveness which is essentially attributable to its origin in that defined geographical locality. Which of the following some examples of  GIs. ?
a) Darjeeling Tea, Mahabaleshwar Strawberry,
b) Blue Pottery of Jaipur,
c) Banarasi Sarees and Tirupati Laddus
d) All the above
Ans : d
48) Symbolising the growing hydrocarbon engagement between India and Myanmar, the first consignment of 30 MT of High Speed Diesel was sent today from India to Myanmar by land route. Which refinery  despatched the first diesel consignment through NH 37 across the Moreh Custom Check Point on the Indian side and Tamu Custom Check Point on the Myanmar side ?
a) Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. (NRL),
b) MRPL
c) Paradip Refinery
d) RIL
Ans : a
49)  India  contributed hand made wax candles to the 2500 year old Shwedagon Pagoda earlier this year. Where is Shwedagon Pagoda ?
a) Bangladesh
b) Myanmar
c) Thailand
d) Indonesia
Ans : b
50) ‘Line of Blood’ is a book written by whom ?
a) Balraj Khanna
b) Ursula Vernon
c) Amal El-Mohtar
d) Diksha Basu
Ans : a

51)Where the 21st Meeting of GST Council was conducted  on 9th September, 2017 ? 
a) New Delhi
b) Hyderabad
c) Chennai
d) Bengaluru
Ans : b
52) Who is the  President of the Republic of Belarus ?
a) Vladimir Putin
b)  Alexander Lukashenko
c) Andrei Kobyakov
d) Nikolai Ulakhovich
Ans : b
53) In India,  there are around 4,42,000 mobile towers . Out  of which, BSNL has  how many  mobile towers ? (It is proposed to set up a separate oranisation for BSNL owned towers)
a) 40,000
b) 30,000
c) more than 66,000
d) 20,000
Ans : c
54)  Which is referred as  ‘Spiritual Capital of India’ ? (Clue: From this constituency, Shri Narendra Modi elected to Lok Sabha )
a) Ayodhy
b) Varanasi
c) New Delhi
d) Kanyakumari
Ans : a
55)  Who is the  Convenor  of   Group of Ministers (GoM),  i.e., constituted  to monitor and resolve the IT challenges faced in the implementation of GST ?
a)  Sushil Kumar Modi,  Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
b) Ram Kripal Yadav
c) Parashottam Rupala
d) Mansukh L.Mandaviya
Ans : a
56) Election  Commission of India  has decided that the voter’s identification shall be mandatory in the elections at the time of poll. Which of the following shall be the main document of identification of a voter ? 
a) Voter Slip
b) Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC)
c) Indelible ink mark
d) Electoral rolls
Ans : b
57) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Armenia on Cooperation in the field of Disaster Management will be signed. What is the capital of Armania ?
a) Baku
b) Yerevan
c) Tbilisi
d) Gyumri
Ans : b
58) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Central Silk Board (CSB), India and National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Japan  will be signed for collaborative research in the field of silkworm and silk industries. What is the binomial  name of silkworm, as per scientific classification ?  
a) Papilo Machaon
b) Apis nigrocincta
c) Bombyx Mori
d) Musca domestica
Ans : c
59) During the period from 2017-18 to 2028-29, Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund” (DIDF) with an outlay of Rs 10,881 crore will be set up ? What are the major activities of DIDF?
a) The project will focus on building an efficient milk procurement system by setting up of chilling infrastructure &.
b) installation of electronic milk adulteration testing equipment, creation/modernization/expansion of processing infrastructure
c) manufacturing faculties for Value Added Products for the Milk Unions/ Milk Producer Companies
d) All the above
Ans : d
60) India has 26 sedimentary basins covering an area of 3.14 Million Sq Km spread over onland, shallow water and deep water. A project is taken up which will help in increasing the investments in domestic production of oil and gas. The project will be implemented by whom ? Give details.
a) NOCs, i.e. Oil India Limited (OIL) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
b) OIL will conduct survey in North - Eastern States
c) Remaining area(excluding North-Eastern States) will be covered by ONGC. Survey work will be carried out in 24 States
d) All the above
Ans : d


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