1) ‘Operation Greens’ is announced to address price fluctuations in which of the
following for benefit of farmers and
consumers ?
a) Potato, Pomato and Onion
(initially)
b) Jute
c) Cotton
d) Sugarcane
Ans: a
2) ‘Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana’ is extended
upto which of the following?
a) 2025
b) March, 2020
c) 2030
d) 2040
Ans: b
3) What is the tax rate on
Long Term Capital Gains (LTCG) exceeding Rs. 1 lakh?
a) 100%
b) at the rate of 10
percent
c) 75%
d) 50%
Ans: b
4) Institutional credit
for agriculture sector from year-to-year increased from Rs.8.5 lakh crore in
2014-15 to Rs.10 lakh crore in 2017-18 and it is proposed to raise this to Rs.11 lakh crore for
the year 2018-19. What is institutional credit ?
a) agricultural loans from banks
b) Insurance claims
c) Mutual funds
d) None of these
Ans: a
5) For 4 crore poor
households which will be provided under
‘Saubahagya Yojana’, with an outlay of Rs.16,000 crores ?
a) water supply
b) pesticides supply
c) electricity connection
d) seeds supply
Ans: c
6) To whom Ekalavya Model
Residential School on par with Navodaya Vidyalayas will be started to provide the
best quality education ?
a) tribal children in
their own environment by 2022 in every block with more than 50% ST population
and at least 20,000 tribal persons with special facilities for preserving local
art and culture besides providing training in sports and skill development
b) NRIs
c) PIOs
d) Social activists
Ans: a
7) In the abbreviation
RISE, the letter R stands for what ?
a) Revitalisng ( RISE: ‘‘Revitalising
Infrastructure and Systems in Education (RISE) by 2022
b) Revenue
c) Research
d) Refresh
Ans: a
8) Under the Bharatmala
Pariyojana, which of the following will be taken up , at an estimated
cost of Rs.5,35,000 crore which has been approved?
a) about 35000 kMs road
construction in Phase-I
b) 5,000 KMs roads
construction
c) 1,000 KMs roads
construction
d) None of these
Ans: a
9) Railways Capital
Expenditure (capex) for the year 2018-19 has been pegged at Rs.1,48,528
crore. A large part of this is devoted for which of the following ?
a) Capex to capacity
creation
b) entertainment
c) salaries
d) Bonus
Ans: a
10) In the abbreviation NABH Nirman (for airports), the letter N
stands for what ?
a) Next Generation
b) Near
c) Nice
d) Neat
Ans: a
11) Which of the following
three Public Sector Insurance companies will be merged into a single insurance
entity ?
a) National Insurance Co.
Ltd.,
b) United India Assurance
Co. Ltd., and
c) Oriental India
insurance Co. Ltd.,
d) All the above
Ans: d
12) Finance Minister projected a Fiscal Deficit of ____ of GDP
for the year 2018-19.
a) 3.3%
b) 4 %
c) 5%
d) 7%
Ans: a
13) Which of the following
is correct ?
a) Primary Deficit : It is
measured as Fiscal Deficit less interest payments.
b) Effective Revenue
Deficit: It is the difference between
Revenue Deficit and Grants for Creation of Capital Assets
c) Revenue Deficit: It refers to the excess of revenue expenditure
over revenue receipts.
d) All the above
Ans: d
14) The Consolidated Fund
of India (CFI) draws its existence from which article of the Constitution of India ?
a) Article 266
b) Article 356
c) Article 358
d) Article 359
Ans: a
15) Article 267 of the
Constitution of India authorises the
existence of which of the following ?
a) Contingency Fund of
India
b) Planning Commission
c) NITI Aayog
d) Finance Commission
Ans: a
16)
The corpus of the Contingency Fund of India as authorized by Parliament
presently stands at ______ .
a) Rs. 500 crore
b) Rs.1000 Crores
c) Rs.2000 Crores
d) Rs.5000 Crores
Ans: a
17) Which statements
mandated under FRBM Act,2003 to be submitted along with Union Budget 2018-19?
a)Macro-Economic
Framework Statement
b)
Fiscal Policy Strategy Statement
c)Medium
Term Fiscal Policy Statement
d) All the above
Ans: d
18) Central Board of
Excise and Customs (CBEC) will be changed as what ?
a) Central Board of
Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).
b) CBDT
c) CBSE
d) NGT
Ans: a
19) Where is ‘Sela Pass’ ?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) West Bengal
c) HP
d) J&K
Ans: a
20) The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the
‘Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY)’ with an objective to provide senior citizens,
belonging to BPL category and suffering from age related disabilities/
infirmities, with such physical aids and assisted living devices which can
restore near normalcy in their bodily functions. Under the Scheme, which of the
following will be provided as assisted living devices?
a) walking sticks, elbow crutches
b) walkers/ crutches, tripods/ quadpods, hearing aids,
c) wheelchairs, artificial dentures, spectacles are distributed to the
beneficiary senior citizens
d) All the above
Ans: d
21) Which of the following is
correct about Mahamastakabhisheka Mahotsav 2018 ?
a) Gommateshwara Bhagwan Sri Bahubali Swami is at Shravanabelagola
(Vindhyagiri Hills), Karnataka
b) Mahamastakabhisheka Mahotsav is celebrated once every 12 years
c)It has been celebrated for about a 1,000 years
d) All the above
Ans: d
22) The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), an
autonomous body under the Ministry of _______is actively involved in scientific
process of drug development adopting prevalent guidelines
a) AYUSH
b) Finance
c) Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare
d) Social Justice
Ans: a
23) ‘No Voter to Be Left Behind’ is the initiave of Election Commission of India and is with
a view to optimize the enrolment of voters. What is the theme of this year ?
a) ‘Accessible Elections’
b) Exclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the Election Process
c) Elections using paper
ballot
d) None of these
Ans: a
24) What are three new tools for
States and Union Territories for ranking of startups in the country ? It was
launched by Union Minister of Commerce and Industry at a function today in New
Delhi .
a) State and Union Territory Startup Ranking Framework,
b) Compendium of Good Practices for
Promoting Startups in India and
c) Startup India Kit
d) All the above. (These will act as catalysts to help the Startup India
initiative to drive India’s economic growth.)
Ans: d
25) “The National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) is a Central
Sector Scheme which was set up in the year 2015-16. What is the overall aim of
NAFCC ? Give details.
a) to support concrete adaptation activities which mitigate the adverse
effects of climate change.
b) The activities under this scheme are implemented in a project mode.
c) The projects related to adaptation in sectors such as agriculture,
animal husbandry, water, forestry, tourism etc. are eligible for funding under
NAFCC. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is the
National Implementing Entity (NIE).
d) All the above
Ans: d
26) “Air quality is assessed under different Air Quality Index (AQI)
categories.’ What are they ?
a) Good, Moderate,
b) Satisfactory, Poor
c) Very Poor, and Severe
d) All the above
Ans: d
27) Digital Gender Atlas has been developed to identify the low performing
geographic pockets for _____ particularly from marginalised groups such as
scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and Muslim minorities, on specific gender
related education indicators.
a) girls
b) Sr. Citizens
c) kids
d) None of these
Ans: a
28) Which of the following is correct about University Grants Commission
(UGC) notifications ?
a) It issued / notified enabling regulatory architecture in the form of
UGC (Declaration of Government Educational Institutions as Institutions of
Eminence) Guidelines, 2017
b) UGC (Institutions of Eminence
Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2017 to enable 10 public and 10 private
Institutions to emerge as World Class Teaching and Research Institutions
c) Both (a) and ( b )
d) None of these
Ans: c
29) Which of the following is correct about Indian National Centre for Ocean Information
Services (INCOIS) ?
a) It has the mandate of detecting tsunamigenic earthquakes
occurring in the Indian Ocean as well as in the Global Oceans within 10 minutes
of the occurrence of the earthquake and
b) It is disseminating
the tsunami related advisories to the concerned authorities through email, fax,
SMS, GTS and website.
c) Both (a) & (b)
d) None of these
Ans: c
30) DIPAM has obtained approval of the Government to disinvest 100% Government
of India Equity in DCIL in one go through two-stage auction process, with
the advice of the Transaction Advisor. In the abbreviation DIPAM, the letter I
stands for what ?
a) Investment
( DIPAM : Department of Investment and Public Asset Management )
b) Instrument
c) Interest
d) Instalment
Ans: a
31) The Government introduced new Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 in the Lok
Sabha on 05.01.2018. What are the salient
features of the bill ?
a) establishment of an executive agency to be known as the Central
Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) to promote, protect and enforce the rights
of the consumers and will be empowered to investigate, recall, refund and
impose penalties;
b) provision for product liability action in cases of personal injury,
death, or property damage caused by or resulting from any product
c) provision for mediation as an Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) making
the process of dispute adjudication simpler and quicker and simplification of
the process of adjudication by the Consumer Fora.
d) All the above
Ans: d
32) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is under which of the following ?
a) Department of Economic Affairs (Ministry of Finance)
b) ISRO
c) DAE
d) Department of
Disinvestment
Ans: a
33) The Ministry of Corporate Affairs had notified a new e-form called SPICe,
on the occasion of 2nd October 2016, with the objective of providing
speedy incorporation in line with international best practices. In the abbreviation
SPICe, the letter S stands for what ?
a) Status
b) Simplified ( SPICe : Simplified Proforma for Incorporating Company electronically)
c) specific
d) screen
Ans: b
34) The Ministry of Culture has taken up a project named as JATAN in
collaboration with C-DAC, Pune for which purpose ?
a) creating an online digital repository of museum collections on the
national portal
b) ticketing
c) visitor passes
d) None of these
Ans: a
35) ‘Ayushman Bharat’ has two path
breaking initiatives that address health holistically, impacting primary,
secondary and tertiary care system as well as prevention and health
promotion. Which of the following is correct ?
a) The 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres, announced in the Budget, will
provide people-centric comprehensive primary health care including for common
non-communicable diseases closer to the homes of people including providing
free essential drugs and diagnostics
b) The second initiative under ‘Ayushman Bharat’ is National Health
Protection Scheme, under which over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families
(approx. 50 crore beneficiaries) will be provided treatment coverage up to Rs.
5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization.
c) Both (a) & (b)
d) None of these
Ans: c
36) What is the guiding
principal of the central government, in
the context of health ?
a) Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah, Sarve Santu Niramayah
b) Clean India, Green
India
c) Truth only prevails
d) None of these
Ans: a
37) What are the
three gems of Jain philosophy ?
a) Samyak Darshan,
b) Samyak Gyan
c) Samyak Charitra
d) All the above three
Ans: d
38) Union Cabinet recently has approved the proposal for ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury . Which
of the following is correct ?
a) The Convention protects the most vulnerable from the harmful effects of
mercury and also protects the developmental space of developing countries.
b) Minamata Convention on Mercury will further urge enterprises to move to
mercury-free alternatives in products and non-mercury technologies in
manufacturing processe
c) It entails flexibility for continued use of mercury-based
products and processes involving mercury compound up to 2025.
d) All the above
Ans: d
39) 'Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF)' scheme provides which of the
following ?
a) Under this scheme, the best students who have completed or are in the
final year of B. Tech or Integrated M.Tech or M.Sc. in Science and Technology
streams from IISc/IITs/NITs/IISERs/IIITs will be offered direct admission in
PhD programme in the IITs/IISc.
b) A maximum of 3000 Fellows would be selected in a three year period,
beginning 2018-19.
c) Both (a) & (b)
d) None of these
Ans: c
40) Under the proposed amendment to MSMED Act (Section 7), which of the following will be classified ?
a) A micro enterprise will be defined as a unit where the
annual turnover does not exceed five crore rupees;
b) A small enterprise will be defined as a unit where the
annual turnover is more than five crore rupees but does not exceed Rs 75 crore;
c) A medium enterprise will be defined as a unit where the
annual turnover is more than seventy five crore rupees but does not exceed Rs
250 crore.
d) All the above
Ans: d
41) PM Modi has approved the proposal for closure of which
Autonomous Bodies ?
a) Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) and Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) and the
functions are proposed to be vested in Department of Health & Family
Welfare (DoHFW).
b) DCIL
c) CCI
d) None of these
Ans: a
42) What is Minimum Support Price (MSP) ? Give details.
a) It is based on
recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP).
b) CACP, an expert body, which takes into account the cost of production,
trends in the domestic and international prices of edible oils, overall demand
and supply of copra and coconut oil, cost of processing of copra into coconut
oil and the likely impact of the recommended MSPs on consumers, while
recommending the MSPs.
c) Both (a) & (c)
d) None of these
Ans: c
43) The efforts made by Indian Space Research Organisation benefitting
rural and backward areas so far include which of the following ?
a) Mapping of wasteland
b) Mapping of land degradation
c) Prepared and deployed National level groundwater prospects maps,
d) All the above
Ans: d
44) Which of the following is correct about the proposed Gorakhpur Haryana
Anu Vidhyut Pariyojna (GHAVP) ?
a) The first phase is comprising of Unit-1 (700 MW) and Unit-2 (700 MW)
b) 220 MWe
c) 500 MWe
d) None of these
Ans: a
45) When National
Informatics Centre (NIC) was established ? Give details.
a) in 1976
b) It has emerged as a "prime builder" of
e-Government / e-Governance applications up to the grassroots level as well as
a promoter of digital opportunities for sustainable development.
c) It is a promoter of digital opportunities for sustainable
development. NIC, through its ICT Network,
d) All the above
Ans: d
46) When electronic-Human Resource Management System (e-HRMS)
was launched ?
a) on Good Governance Day i.e. 25th
December, 2017
b) 24.1.2018
c) 25.1.2018
d) None of these
Ans: a
47) What is ‘Affordable
Housing’ ?
a) It has been defined in
the said notification as a housing project using at least 50% of the
FAR/FSI for dwelling units with carpet area of not more than 60 sqm.
b) Comfortable house
c) Dream house
d) None of these
Ans: a
48) In respect of whom the
entire process of verification has been
completed and the first part of Draft National Register of
Citizen (NRC) covering 1.90 crore applicants has been published on the expiry
of the midnight of 31st December, 2017 including names of those
applicants ?
a) Assam
b) Bihar
c) UP
d) None of these
Ans: a
49) Rail Development Authority (RDA) comprises of whom ?
a) 6 members
b) Chairman and three Members
c) 7 members
d) None of these
Ans: b
50) How many ITIs s are there across India fulfilling the vocational
needs across various sectors ?
a) a total of 13,912 (as on 30th Oct
2017)
b) 5,000
c) 2,000
d) None of these
Ans: a
51) Which districts have been identified for "Aspirational
Development" ? Give details
a) Fourteen districts from Northeast
b) The above 10 districts will be
out of a total 106 districts from across the country which are being taken up
in the "Transformation of Aspirational Districts" programme
under the aegis of NITI Aayog, under the guidance of Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi
c) Both (a) & (b)
d) None of these
Ans: c
52) Where the “2nd National Meet on Grassroot Informatics – VIVID: Weaving a Digital India” on Cyber security and
Innovation is conducted ?
a) New Delhi
b) Pune
c) Ahmedabad
d) Surat
Ans: a
53) Which of the following is correct about Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme
?
a) It is currently
being implemented in 161 districts across the country.
b) The Government of India has decided to expand the BBBP scheme and
covering all the 640 districts (as per census 2011) in the Country, through
Multi -sectoral intervention in 244 districts in addition to existing 161
districts and Alert District Media & Advocacy in 235 districts
c) Both (a) & (b)
d) None of these
Ans: c
54) Which of the following
is correct ?
a) CSR : Child Sex Ratio
b) SRB : Sex Ratio at Birth
c) BBBP :Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme
d) All the above
Ans: d
55) Who released a comprehensive
report titled, “Healthy States, Progressive India” ?
a) Ministry of Agriculture
b) NITI Aayog, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare , World Bank
c) Ministry of Labour
d) None of these
Ans: b
56) Which of the following
is correct about “Hunar Haat” ?
a) It is being organised by the Minority Affairs
Ministry.
b) The purpose of it is to provide an opportunity, as well as domestic and
international exposure to the master artisans from across the country
c) Both (a) & (b)
d) None of these
Ans: c
57) The Budget Session, 2018 is the
first Session of the year. Who addressed the joint sitting of both Houses of
Parliament on 29th January, 2018 ?
a) President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind
b) PM
c) Home Minister
d) None of these
Ans: a
58) Which of the following is correct about Health Index ?
a) Health Index has been developed as a tool to leverage co-operative and
competitive federalism to accelerate the pace of achieving health outcomes.
b) It would also serve as an instrument for “nudging” States & Union
Territories (UTs) and the Central Ministries to a much greater focus on output
and outcome based measurement of annual performance than is currently the
practice.
c) Both (a) & (b)
d) None of these
Ans: c
59) The Health Index is a weighted composite Index, which for the larger
States, is based on indicators in three domains. What are they ?
a) Health Outcomes (70%)
b) Governance and Information (12%)
c) Key Inputs and Processes (18%)
d) All the above ( each domain
is assigned a weight based on its importance )
Ans: d
60) Which of the following is correct ?
a) NMR : Neonatal Mortality Rate
b) U5MR : Under-five Mortality Rate
c) PLHIV : People Living with HIV
on Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART).
d) All the above
Ans: d
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