MCQ for Civils Prelims 2018 (set 8)

1) The Surface to Air Missile AKASH with indigenous radio frequency seeker against target Banshee, has been successfully launched from the Launch Complex-III at ITR . Where is Interim Test Rage (ITR) Facility ?

a) Trivendrum

b) Chandipur, Odisha

c) Ahmedabad

d) Bengaluru

Ans : b

2) Where is Bose Institute ?  

a) Dispur

b) in Kolkata

c) Mumbai

d) New Delhi

Ans : b

3) In the abbreviation  ADMM, the letter  A stands for what ?

a) ASEAN (ADMM: ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting)

b) Accounts

c) Atomic

d) Atmosphere

Ans : a

4) In the abbreviation IGST, the letter ‘I’ stands for what ?

a) Integrated ( IGST: Integrated Goods and Services Tax ) 

b) Interim

c) Interest

d) India

Ans : a

5) Which theme made the 2017 edition of GES stood out ?

a) Food for all

b)  “Women First, Prosperity for All”

c) Health for all

d) Houses of all

Ans : b

6) When  America has  observed National Entrepreneurs’ Day ?

a) August 15

b) November 21^st

c) November 14

d) November 19

Ans : b

7) For which of the following, India has been re-elected to the under Category “B” at the 30th session of the Assembly  held in London on 01 December, 2017 ?

a) WTO

b) Council of the International Maritime Organization [IMO]

c) WHO

d) IAEA

Ans : b

8) India has a large merchant marine fleet of 1359 vessels, both on foreign going and coastal operations, with a combined Gross Tonnage of  how much ?

a) 10

b) 12.2 million. ( Nearly 90% of India’s overseas trade by volume is carried through maritime transport. Nearly 92% of these goods are carried through foreign flag vessels )

c) 9

d) 5

Ans : b  

9) When  International Day of Persons with Disabilities’ is observed ?

a) December 1^st

b) 3^rd December, 2017

c) December 15

d) December 22

Ans : b

10) According to Census 2011, how many  persons  are there with disabilities (PwDs) in our country who exhibit great diversity in terms of quantum of disability as well as types of disabilities ?

a) 1.6 crore

b) 2.68 crore

c) 1.5 croe

d) None of these

Ans : b

11) In green and beautiful land of Kisama,  Hornbill Festival 2017 was celebrated. Where is Kisama ?

a) Nagaland

b) Meghalaya

c) Manipur

d) West Bengal

Ans : a

12) With a budget of Rs.9046.17 crores, National Nutrition Mission (NNM) is commenced from 2017-18 for how many years ?

a) three years

b) one year

c) two years

d) 10 years

Ans : a

13) The “forests” should be identified as per the Orders of the Supreme Court and the “Aravallis” are to be delineated in which of the following ?

a) Gujarat

b)  entire NCR

c) Maharastra

d) MP

Ans : b

14) The Fifteenth Finance Commission is constituted on 27th of November 2017 and  its first meeting is conducted at North Block in New Delhi. Who is the chairman of 15^th Finance Commission?

a) Shri Shaktikanta Das

b) N .K.Singh

c) Dr. Anoop Singh

d) Dr.Ashok Lahiri

Ans : b

15) “6th International Tourism Mart” (ITM) is started where?

a) Kolkata

b) Guwahati, Assam

c) Bhubaneswar

d) Itanagar

Ans : b

16) Geographically India has   the second-largest arable area and  giving India global leadership in several crops. India has how many diverse agro-climatic zones ?

a) as many as 127 diverse agro-climatic zones

b) 50

c) 60

d) 40

Ans : a

17) To ensure food and nutritional security in India, which schemes are implemented ?

a) National Food Security Mission (NFSM)

b) National Horticulture Mission (NHM)

c) National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)

d) All the above

Ans : d

18)What are the highlights mid-term review of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) (2015-2020) ?

a) The FTP will focus on exports from labour intensive and MSME sectors by way of increased incentives in order to increase employment opportunities. 

b) Emphasis  will be given on ‘Ease of Trading’ across borders.

c)  focus on increasing the incentives for labour intensive MSME sectors. 

d) All the above

Ans : d

19) The ISA is an Indian initiative, jointly launched by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi and along with whom  on 30^th November 2015 in Paris, on the sidelines of COP-21, the UN Climate Conference ?

a) President of France

b) President of USA

c) PM of UK

d) PM of Canada

Ans : a

20) What are the aims of ISA ?  Give other details

a) It aims at addressing obstacles to deployment at scale of solar energy through better harmonization and aggregation of demand from solar rich countries lying fully or partially between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. 

b) As of date, 46 countries have signed and 19 countries have ratified the Framework Agreement of ISA.

c) Both (a) & (b)

d) None of these

Ans : c

21) Which Rivers are flowing in South Odisha and North Andhra Pradesh Coast ? 

a) Rishikulya,

b) Vamsadhara

c) Nagavali

d) All the above

Ans : d

22) Which of the following are the tributaries of  River Krishna ?

a) Paleru,

b) Munneru, 

c) Wyra

d) All the above

Ans : d

23) On the lines of power circuits for better water conservation , which is needed ?

a) river connectivity, construction of Barrages, Dams, Rubber dams and Bandhas, drip and piped irrigation in the country and highlighted the need for water circuits in India

b) Solar ponds

c) Solar evaporation

d) None of these

Ans : a

24) Where the  4th NITI Aayog - DRC Dialogue will be convened in 2018 ? 

a)  India

b) Sri Lanka

c) Bangladesh

d) Bhutan

Ans : a

25) The 3rd edition of the Dialogue between the NITI Aayog and the Development Research Council of China, the DRC- NITI Aayog Dialogue was held in Beijing. The dialogue took place under the MOU between NITI Aayog and which of the following ?

a) BRICS Bank

b)  Development Research Centre (DRC), State Council of the China.

c) New Development Bank

d) AIIB

Ans :  b

26) The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) chaired by the Cabinet secretary met  and reviewed the relief and rescue operations in States and Union Territories affected by the ongoing cyclone ‘Ockhi’. Who is the chairman of NCMC ?

a)  P K Sinha

b)VK Sharma

c)BC Tripathi

d)Atul Sobti

Ans : a

27) India ships both Robusta and Arabica varieties besides instant coffee. Which countries are major export destinations for Indian coffee in recent years ? 

a) Italy

b) Germany

c) Russia

d) All the above

Ans : d

28) Recent review of FTP (2015-20) would focus on micro, small and medium enterprises, labour intensive segments and agriculture sector. Which of the following is correct ?  

a) The value of new incentives is Rs.8,000 Croes

b) Trade accounts for 45% of the India’s GDP

c) FTP incentives now cover 8,000 of the total 12,000 lines of items.

d) All the above

Ans : d

29) When the  World Soil Day is observed ?

a) December 5

b) September 5

c) March 21

d) December 10

Ans : a

30) On the harvest festival of Baisakhi ( April 13, 1919), British troops commanded by whom opened fire at a crowd of unarmed people in Jalianwalla bagh ?

a) Brigadier – General Reginald Dyere

b) George Orwell

c)Arthur Lee

d) Henry Edward Stokes

Ans : a

31) Time magazine selected whom as 2017 Person of the Year ?

a) Donald Trump

b) ‘The Silence Breakers’

c) Barak Obama

d) Rex Tillerson

Ans : b

32) When Navy Day is celebrated ?

a) February 4

b) December 4

c) April 7

d) January 9

Ans : b

33) Port town of Lothal (Gujarat) can be traced back to which civilization, marking the beginning of an ancient tradition of trade by sea ?

a) Harappan civilisation

b) Aryan

c) Sangam

d) None of these

Ans : a

34)  ‘KUSUM’ (Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan) covers which of the following ? 

a) setting up of 10,000 MW of Decentralized Ground Mounted Grid Connected Solar Power Plants,

b) installation of 17.50 Lakh Stand-alone Solar Pumps and

c) Solarisation of 10 Lakh Grid Connected Agriculture Pumps and 50 Thousand Tube-wells/Lift Irrigation Projects by Financial Year 2021-22, with the objective of providing financial and water security to farmers

d) All the above

Ans : d

35) What are the recent additions for better management of  Fair Price shops ?  

a) equipping ePoS devices with Best Finger Detection (BFD

b)  Fusion Finger Detection (FFD)

c) IRIS features to minimize the instances of failure of bio-metric authentication, integration of electronic weighing machines with ePoS devices

d) All the above

Ans : d

36) Southern Naval Command continued to undertake Search and Rescue (SAR) operations and providing HADR material support. In the abbreviation HADR, the letter H stands for what ?

a) Humanitarian  (HADR: Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief)

b) High

c) Huge

d) Heavy

Ans : a

37) INS Kalpeni, with six local fishermen embarked, undertook guided search for missing/ fishing vessels in distress for the second day at “Bassas de Pedro”, a traditional fishing area. Where is ‘Bassas de Pedro’  ?

a) near  Lakshadweep islands

b) Andaman & Nicobar

c) Yanam

d) Puducherry

Ans : a

38) Which of the following is correct ? ( Gallantry Award : Monthly allowance)

a) Param Vir Chakra (PVC):   Rs.20,000

b) Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) :  Rs.10,000

c) Ashoka Chakra :  Rs.12,000

d) All the above (Revised w.e.f.1.8.2017)

Ans :  d

39) The MPC has also retained its annual GVA forecast for FY 2018 of 6.7 per cent recognizing several significant developments .It also emphased the Government’s reform efforts on which of the following ?  

a) GST

b) Bank Recapitalization Package

c) improving Ease of Doing Business Ranking

d) All the above

Ans : d

40)  Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 'OCKHI' had disturbed the lives of which area people ?

a) Lakshadweep

b) Kerala

c) Southern part of Tamilnadu

d) All the above

Ans : d

41) “Towards A Pollution Free Planet” is the theme of the 3^rd United Nations Environment Assembly.  Where it is recently conducted ?

a)   Nairobi

b) Kenya

c) Zimbabwe

d) South Africa

Ans : a

42) When International Yoga Day is celebrated ?

a) June 21

b)  March 21

c) April 22

d) May 31

Ans : a

43) Which country gave the name  Cyclone Ockhi ?

a) Bangladesh  ( Meaning of Ockhi :  ‘eye’)

b) Pakistan

c) Nepal

d) Bhutan

Ans : a

44) A Stakeholder may file a complaint in the Specified Form along with how much fee under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) ?

a) Rs.2,500

b) Rs.5,000

c) Rs.10,000

d) None of these

Ans : a

45) Which country hosted the “Bodhi Parva: BIMSTEC Festival of Buddhist Heritage” from 8 to 10 December as part of celebrations of 20th anniversary of BIMSTEC ? 

a) Myanmar

b) India

c) Sri Lanka

d) Thailand

Ans : b

46) How VVPAT machine works ? What are the advantages ?

a) In the VVPAT machine, a paper slip is generated bearing the name and symbol of the candidate to whom the vote has been cast and remains visible to the Voter through a transparent window for 7 seconds.

b)  VVPAT enables the voter to verify instantly that the vote cast by him has been recorded correctly in favour of the candidate of his choice

c)  Thereby  it  is injecting greater transparency and credibility to the whole voting process.

d) All the above

Ans : d

47) Where is  National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) ?

a) Roorkee

b) Dehradun

c) Bareli

d) Patna

Ans : a

48) UHC Day, first commemorated on 12 December 2014, marks the anniversary of the landmark UN resolution. In the abbreviation UHC, the letter U stands for what ?

a) Universal ( UHC :  Universal Health Coverage)

b) Unit

c) Upper

d) U-turn

Ans : a

49) Central Government has  through the 14th Finance Commission increased devolution from 32 % to ____ of divisible pool.

a) 36 %

b) 42%

c) 40 %

d) None of these

Ans : b

50) Under The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act, 2017 whoever contravenes, what are the punishments ?

a) shall be punishable with fine which may extend to Rs. 10,000(Rupees Ten Thousand) or five times the amount of the face value of the specified bank notes involved in the contravention, whichever is higher. 

b) Rs.10

c) Rs. 5

d) Re.1

Ans : a