Multiple Choice Questions (Set 15)

1) What are the peaceful  uses of atomic energy ?

a) Electricity Generation

b) Agriculture (seeds etc.)

c) Medicine and Health (cancer treatment etc.)

d) All the above

Ans : d

2) The Baobab tree has a life span of over 2000 years. It is high in medicinal and nutritional properties, quite like the Neem tree. The exchange of these plants spotlights the value both India and which country attach to traditional knowledge and medicine in their respective cultures ?

a) Malaysia

b) Madagascar

c) Mauritius

d) Maldives

Ans : b

3) What are the three key aspects of (NextGen Airports for BHarat)NABH Nirman  ?

a) fair and equitable land acquisition,

b) long-term master plan for airport and regional development

c) balanced economics for all stakeholders. 

d) All the above

Ans : d

4) Which  initiatives of the HRD Ministry  are in direction to further boost the Quality, Research and Innovation in education ?

a) GIAN, RUSA, SWAYAM,

b) SWAYAM Prabha, TEQUIP III,

c) Smart India Hackathon, etc.

d) All the above

Ans : d

5) Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar, released the NIRF India Rankings 2018 in various categories on the basis of performance of Higher Educational Institutions. In Overall, which has topped ?

a) Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

b) Indian Institute of Technology Madras

c) Miranda House, Delhi

d) National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Mohali

Ans : a

6) Deendayal Antodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) is a flagship programme of which ministry  that seeks to alleviate rural poverty through building sustainable community institutions of the poor ?

a) Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)

b) MoHA

c)Ministry of External Affairs

d) Ministry of Labour and Employment

Ans : a

7)  Padma Bhushan in 2018 is given to whom?

a) Pankaj Advani

b) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

c) H.E.Shri Alexander Kadakin (Posthumous)

d) All the above

Ans : d

8) In the  Index of Eight Core Industries , , how much weightage is given for Electricity generation?

a)   19.85 per cent

b) 5%

c)  2 %

d) 6%

Ans : a

9) Which department has taken multipronged approach to increase disposal of patent applications ? 

a) CBDT

b) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)

c) CBEC

d)  Railway Board

Ans : b

10) Which monuments/historical sites in the North Eastern states have been identified tentatively for listing under World Heritage Sites ?

a) Patani Cultural Landscape, Arunachal Pradesh; Iconic Saree Weaving Clusters of India

b)Moidams – the Mound – Burial System of the Ahom Dynasty, Assam ;Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh

c)River Island of Majuli in midstream of Brahmaputra River in Assam ; Thembang Fortified Village, Arunachal Pradesh

d) All the above

Ans : d  

11) E-way Bill can be generated through which modes  ?

a) Web (Online),

b) Android App, SMS,

c) using Bulk Upload Tool and API based site to site integration etc.

d) All the above

Ans :  d

12)  ‘Bankability Kit’ (brought in partnership with Bank of Baroda and IDBI Bank) was launched by whom ? 

a) SIDBI

b) RBI

c) NABARD

d) NHB

Ans : a

13) Per-capita Government spending on education of every student in the country, primary, secondary and higher education-wise for the year 2015-16 is how much ?

a) Primary Education :  Rs.12510

b) Secondary Education: Rs. 21501

c) Higher Education: Rs.50665

d) All the above

Ans : d

14) Which   Sustainable Development Goal is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all ?

a) Goal-1

b) Goal-4

c) Goal - 5

d) None of these

Ans : b

15) What is  Shodhganga@INFLIBNET ?

a)  It is a centre for repository of Ph.D theses across the nation. 

b) This Centre provides a platform for researchers to deposit their Ph.D theses and make them available to the entire scholarly community in open access.

c) Both (a) and (b)

d) None of these

Ans : c

16) It is  decided to proactively advance the roll-out of BS-VI fuel in Delhi from April 2018, instead of April 2020 after taking stock of the alarming pollution situation in Delhi in winters. BS-VI fuel will bring down mainly  which of the following ?

a) sulphur by 5 times from the current BS-IV levels – this is an 80 percent reductionwhich makes it extremely clean

b) Chlorine

c) Florides

d) Zinc

Ans : a

17) With the introduction of BS-VI, India joins the small list of Asia - Pacific nations. It includes which of the following ?

a) Japan, South Korea

b) Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand,

c) Philippines and China

d) All the above

Ans : d

18) India’s fastest train ‘Gatimaan Express’ has been extended up to Bundelkhand Region w.e.f 1^st April, 2018. What is the benefit of it ?

a) The extension of this prestigious premium train will facilitate movement of tourists to various tourist attractions in and around Gwalior and Jhansi of Bundelkhand region.

b) Fares came down

c) Catering facilities increased

d) None of these

Ans : a

19) Which of the following is correct about ‘Van Dhan Vikas Kendra’ ?

a) The Ministry of Tribal affairs has approved establishment of the first  multipurpose “Van Dhan Vikas Kendra” on pilot basis for establishment in Bijapur  District of Chhattisgarh State for providing skill upgradation and capacity building training and setting up of primary processing and value addition facility.

b) This first model Van Dhan Vikas Kendra is being implemented  for training of 300 beneficiaries with a total outlay of Rs 43.38 lakhs for training, providing equipments & tools for primary level processing and infrastructure & building for housing the Kendra.

c) This Kendra to start with will have processing facility for Tamarind brick making, Mahua flower storage facility and chironjee cleaning and packaging

d) All the above

Ans : d

20) The Van Dhan Vikas Kendras will be an important milestone in economic development of tribals involved in which of the following ?

a) in collection of MFPs by helping them in optimum utilization of natural resources and provide sustainable MFP-based livelihood in MFP-rich districts.

b) education improves

c) culture improves

d) None of these

Ans : a

21) When World Tourism Day is celebrated ?

a) 3.2.2018

b) 27^th Sept, 2017

c) 13.2.2018

d) 28.2.2018

Ans : b

22) Busan is a city in which country ?

a)South Korea

b) South Africa

c) South Sudan

d) None of these

Ans : a

23) There are 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) notified as on date in the country.  Which criteria is followed for determination of PVTGs ?

a)  A pre-agriculture level of technology;A stagnant or declining population;

b)Extremely low literacy;

c)A subsistence level of economy

d) All the above

Ans : d

24) Which of the following is correct about ‘OSHAN Abhiyan’ ?

a) OSHAN Abhiyaan under Innovation component, envisages undertaking activities to be implemented intended to improve the service delivery system, capacity building of front line functionaries and community engagement for better nutritional outcomes

b) The successful pilots may be taken up later-on for scaling up in similar contextual specificities on a broader platform.

c) Both (a) & (b)

d) environment improves

Ans : c

25) What are the objectives of  ‘Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana’ (PMMVY)  ?

a) providing partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentives so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first living child;

b) the cash incentives provided would lead to improved health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers

c) Both (a) & (b)

d) None of these

Ans : c

26) It was announced that on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti  a “Gram Swaraj Abhiyan” would be organised starting from 14^th April to 5^th May, 2018.  This Abhiyan is being undertaken for which purpose ?

a) nutrition

b) reaching out to poor households, spreading awareness about government welfare schemes and other people centric initiative

c) girls education

d) pension for senior citizens

Ans : b

27) As the Appropriation Bills and Finance Bill (2018-19)were not returned by Rajya Sabha within 14 days of their receipt in Rajya Sabha, the same were deemed to have been passed by the Houses of Parliament on expiry of 28.3.2018 under which of the following ?

a)  article 52

b) Were deemed to have been passed by the Houses on Parliament on expiry 14 days from receipt of Bill, as passed by Lok Sabha in Rajya Sabha under clause (5) of article 109 of the Constitution on 29.03.2018.

c) article 72

d) article 32

Ans : b

28) This being the first Session of the year 2018, the President addressed both Houses of Parliament assembled together in terms of _______ of the Constitution, on 29^th January, 2018.

a) Article 87(1)

b) Article 187

c) Article 188

d) Article 256

Ans : a

29) Who are the   members of ASEAN ?

a) Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia,

b) Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,

c) Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam

d) All the above

Ans : d

30) Currently, where  four EPRs are  under construction ? Give details.

a) Olkiluoto-3 in Finland,

b) Flamanville-3 in France

c) Taishan 1&2 in China.

d) All the above ( Evolutionary Pressurized Reactors (EPRs) are evolutionary reactors, whose design has evolved from “KONVOI’ and “N4’ reactors which have been in operation in Germany and France respectively for about two decades )

Ans : d

31) Pathankot now gets operationalized as the 21^st Airport under UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) – RCS (Regional Connectivity Scheme). Which is the implementing agency of UDAN ?

a) Airports Authority of India (AAI)

b) CSIR

c) ICMR

d) RBI

Ans : a

32) UTTAM stands for what ?

a) Unlocking Transparency by Third Party Assessment of Mined Coal

b) a person

c) a bird

d) a forest

Ans : a

33) Under the Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog is establishing Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs) in schools across India. What is the  objective of this scheme ?  Give details.

a) to foster curiosity, creativity and imagination in young minds; and

b) inculcate skills such as design mindset, computational thinking, adaptive learning, physical computing etc.

c) Till date, 2441 schools have been selected across the country to establish ATLs

d) All the above

Ans : d

34) Who received the first copy of the book ‘Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar: Vyakti Nahin Sankalp’  ?

a) The President of India,

b) Union Finance Minister

c) Union Home Minister

d) None of these

Ans : a

35) On the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti , Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a Health and Wellness Centre, to mark the launch of the Union Government’s ambitious Health Assurance Programme – Ayushman Bharat. Where the  Centre was inaugurated  ?

a) at Jangla Development Hub, in the aspirational district of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh.

b) Lucknow

c) Varanasi

d) Guwahati

Ans : a

36)Which of the following is correct ?

a) PoilaBoishakh :  to all Bengalis.

b) BohagBihu : to  Assamese

c)  MahaVishubaSankranti : to Odia

d) All the above

Ans : d

37)  Where the  10th edition of Defexpo India, a biennial exhibition on Land, Naval and Internal Homeland Security Systems, held from 11 to 14 April 2018 ?

a) Thiruvidanthai in Kancheepuram district on the East Coast Road near Chennai,

b) Mumbai

c) Bengaluru

d) Bhopal

Ans : a

38) Every household in country will get electricity connection by December, 2018 under  which scheme ?

a) ‘Saubhagya’

b) PMJDY

c) APY

d) PMSBY

Ans : a

39) Where the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched in the state of Telangana on the birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar  (2018)?

a) Suryapet

b) Medchal

c) Mehboobnagar

d) None of these

Ans : a

40) Where is Bhairav Lanka ?

a) Near  Kakinada, East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh 

b) Vijayawada

c) Chennai

d) None of these

Ans : a

41) Who is awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (in 2018 ) ?

a)  Vinod Khanna

b) Sashi Kapoor

c) Raj Kapoor

d) Rajesh Khanna

Ans : a

42) Who is the  Chairman, Railway Board ?

a) Rahul Mahajan

b) Shri Ashwani Lohani 

c) Sanjeev Gupta

d) Vivek R Wadekar

Ans : b

43) From where ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C41 successfully launched the 1,425 kg IRNSS-1I Navigation Satellite  ?

a) Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota

b)Hasan, Karnataka

c) Ahmedabad

d) Tiruvananthapuram

Ans : a

44) Who started a helpline named as ‘Madadgar’ for the people of Jammu and Kashmir which operates 24x7 for providing help in cases of natural calamities, harassment by mischief-mongers, eve-teasing, domestic  violence etc. ? Give details.

a) CRPF

b) The Force which started off as a single Battalion in 1939 was renamed as the Central Reserve Police in 1949

c) CRPF is truly the strongest pillar of the country’s internal security apparatus

d) All the above

Ans : d

45) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflow from April, 2014 to December,2017 in Railway sector is US$ million 389.83. The FDI investment has been utilised for which of the following ?

a) manufacturing of Rolling Stock (Coaches and Wagons including its parts),

b) Signalling Equipment

c) Locomotives (Diesel and Electric) & parts of locomotives

d) All the above

Ans : d

46)  In the abbreviation DEMU, the letter D stands for what ?

a) Diesel ( DEMU: Diesel Electric Multiple Units)  (used as rail engine)

b) Develop

c) Distribute

d) Doctor

Ans : a

47)  In the principle of 3R , which have been an integral part of Indian culture ?  

a) Reduce

b) Reuse

c) Recycle

d) All the above (Preserving biodiversity, sustainable living and peaceful coexistence with nature have been the guiding philosophy of the Indian way of life and have always been part of the teachings of ancient scriptures.)

Ans : d

48) e-Way Bill system for Intra-State movement of goods is implemented from 15th April, 2018 in the which of the following States ?

a) Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat

b) Kerala

c) Telangana, UP

d) All the above

Ans : d

49) In the concept of “HIRA” , which of the folloiwng are there ?

a) Highways,

b) Inland Waterways,

c) Railways and Airways

d) All the above

Ans : d

50) Where the National Games-2022 will be held ?

a) Meghalaya

b) Kerala

c) Karnataka

d) Maharastra

Ans : a

51) Which State  is bordering with Bangladesh from three sides  and imports more than Rs.300 crores annually from Bangladesh but exports a meager Rs.4.6 crores ?

a) Tripura

b) Sikkim

c) Arunachal Pradesh

d) Nagaland

Ans : a

52) Where the  first meeting of the newly constituted ‘NITI Forum for North East’  held ?

a) Agartala, Tripura

b) Itanagar

c) Kohima

d) Imphal

Ans : a

53) Creating an action plan on role of districts is important  in economic growth of the country. The aim of the meeting was to prepare an action plan to increase the growth rate at the district level by 3-4% per annum by accelerating economic activities. Larger aim of this initiative is to help India become a USD 5 trillion economy. Which districts are selected for pilot  project in this context ?

a) Sindhudurg,

b) Ratnagiri,

c) Varanasi and Vishakhapatnam

d) All the above

Ans :  d

54) When World Homoeopathy Day celebrated? ( It  is  birthday of  Dr. Samuel Hahnemann)   

a) 10^th April  (Central Council for Research in Homeopathy (CCRH),is organising a scientific convention on the World Homoeopathy Day to pay tributes to Dr. Hahnemann, on his 263nd birth anniversary )

b) 9^th January

c) 22^nd December

d) 21^st December

Ans : a

55) Three African nations – Equatorial Guinea, Swaziland and Zambia were visited by President of India. What is the capital of Zambia ?

a) Osaka

b) Lusaka

c) Kinshasa

d) Cape Town

Ans : b

56) When Mahatma Gandhi launched the Champaran Satyagraha over a century ago to give the country freedom from foreign rule? (Now,  it marks the “Satyagraha se Swachhagraha” campaign, which is aimed at achieving freedom from filth.)

a) 10^th December

b) 10^th April, 1917

c) 15^th March

d) 7^th April

Ans : b

57)  In a study done by UNICEF, it is  found that a household in an ODF village in India saves ______ every year by way of disease treatment costs averted, saving of livelihood by not falling ill, etc.

a) Rs.5,000

b) Rs.50,000

c) Rs.10,000

d) None of these

Ans : b

58) Recently,  who addressed 20,000 Swachhagrahis in Motihari, East Champaran district of Bihar ?

a) Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, 

b) President of India

c)  Village Sarpanch

d) None of these

Ans : a

59) Adoption of the ‘Indore 3R Declaration on Achieving Clean Water,Clean Land and Clean Air’ in _____ by mayors and city authorities is the major expected outcome of the event.

a) cities

b) villages

c) hamlets

d) None of these

Ans : a

60) Marking the growing prominence of India in the global energy map, the 16th International Energy Forum Ministerial (IEF16) is being hosted by India. Which of the following is correct about it ?

a) The International Energy Forum (IEF) aims to foster greater mutual understanding and awareness of common energy interests among its members. Its 72 Member Countries are signatories to the IEF Charter

b) Covering all six continents and accounting for around 90% of global supply and demand for oil and gas, the IEF is unique in that it comprises not only consuming and producing countries of the IEA and OPEC, but also Transit States and major players outside of their memberships, including Argentina, China, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa.

c) Hosted by India and co-hosted by China and Korea, IEF16 aims to focus on how global shifts, transition policies and new technologies influence market stability and future investment in the energy sector

d) All the above

Ans : d