Friday, October 17, 2014

Current Affairs Till 1st October

Current Affairs Till 1st October


1.      PM Narendar Modi called for how many years moratorium on caste and communal violence in the country in his Independence Day?

(a)  5- Year                        (b) 7- Year

(c)  8- Year                        (d) 10- Year

2.      Which of the following statements is/are true about Narendar Modi's Independence Day speech on Sansad Adarash Gram Yojana?

1.      He said, "I ask parliamentarians to choose one village each from the constituencies that they represent, fix parameters and make it a model one by 2016."

2.      Thereafter, take on two or three more villages and do the same by the time the next general elections come along in 2019

3.      And thereafter, set yourself ten-year-long village or rural improvement projects.

(a)  Only 1                          (b) Only 2

(c)  Only 3                          (d) All of the above

3.      Who among the following received Shaurya Chakra on the occasion of 68th Independence Day, from the President of India Pranab Mukherjee, for displaying courage, initiative and high situational awareness in search & rescue of the Army helicopter in Siachin Glacier?

(a)   Wing Commander Huvey Upadhyaya

(b)   Wing Commander Raghav Rajan

(c)    Wing Commander Saurav Shukla

(d)   None of the above

4.      President Pranab Mukherjee on 15th August, 2014 conferred the Ashok Chakra, India's highest peace time gallantry award to Major Vardarajan (posthumous). Which of the following statements is not true about him?

1.      He was of the 44th Battalion of the Rashtriya Rifles.

2.      The officer was leading an anti-terrorist operation when his party came under fire from terrorists.

3.      He killed ten Hizbul terrorists before he breathed his last.

(a)  Both 1 and 2                (b) Only 2

(c)  Only 3                          (d) Both 2 and 3

5.      Which of the following states launched ambitious 'Bhamashah Scheme' to convert women into 'Power woman' on August 15, 2014? Under the scheme a bank account will be opened in the name of the woman head of the family and channeling all financial entitlements in her account.

(a)  Rajasthan                    (b) Maharashtra

(c)  Madhya Pradesh         (d) Uttar Pradesh

6.      Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, relaunched the Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VPBY). Which of the following statements is not true about it?

1.      It will benefit the vulnerable section of society with limited resources

2.      It will provide monthly pension ranging from Rs. 500/- to Rs. 5,000/- per month to senior citizens of the country

3.      The received scheme will be open during the window stretching from 15th August, 2014 to 14th August, 2016 for the benefit of citizens aged 60 years and above

(a)   Only 1                          (b) Both 1 and 2

(c)  Only 3                          (d) Only 2

7.      A global study, published on August 14, 2014, found that the average intake of salt across the globe was ____ gram a day as against the 2g recommended by World Health Organization (WHO).

(a)  2.95g                           (b) 3.50g

(c)  3.95g                           (d) 4.50g

8.      On August 6, 2014, the Union Cabinet allowed foreign direct investment (FDI) in the vital infra segments of the Railways to the extent of ______ for the first time, with an intention to raise funds for expansion of the Railways. However, it will not be allowed in train operations.

(a)  40%                             (b) 49%

(c)  100%                           (d) 50%

9.      The Union Cabinet on August 6, 2014, cleared The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014. It gives powers to the Juvenile Justice Board to decide whether those in the age group of ______ can be tried as adults in case of heinous crimes like rape in an adult court. (However, according to the Bill in no case a juvenile involved in a heinous crime will be sentenced to death or life imprisonment either when tried under the provisions of JJ Act or under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code).

(a)  16 to 18 years             (b) 15½ to 18 years

(c)  15 to 18 years             (d) 16½ to 18 years

10.  Justice Dr. Manjula Chellur took oath as the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on August 5, 2014. Prior to this, Dr. Chellur was Chief Justice of which High Court

(a)  Kerala High Court    (b) Allahabad High Court

(c)  Mumbai High Court (d) None of the above

11.  During July, 2014, which of the following states/UTs has become the first in the country to introduce online registration of doctors to check the malpractice and ensure that quacks are effectively weeded out?

(a)  Haryana                      (b) Punjab

(c)  Chandigarh                 (d) Delhi

12.  Who among the following, on 30 July 2014, took over as the Chairman of the Chief of Staff Committee (COSC)?

(a)  Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha

(b) Air Chief Marshal Anil Kumar Browne

(c)  Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee        

(d) None of the above

13.  Recently, the govt. has decided to appoint M. Thambidurai as Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha. To which of the following parties he belongs to?

(a)  DMK                           

(b) AIADMK

(c)  Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS)        

(d) Trinamool Congress

14.  Which state has emerged as the country's most power-starved state in the first quarter of 2014-15, unable to meet even one-fourth of its total electricity requirement?

(a)  Madhya Pradesh         (b) Uttar Pradesh

(c)  Chhattisgarh               (d) Jharkhand

15.  In which of the following places are children the most vulnerable, according to the National Crime report Bureau's (NCRB) latest report?

(a)  Delhi                            (b) Chandigarh

(c)  Andaman & Nicobar   (d) Jharkhand

16.  Who has recently been appointed as the new Solicitor-General of India?

(a)  Mohan Parasaran       (b) Ranjit Kumar

(c)  L. Nageswara Rao       (d) Mahindra Singh

17.  Lt. General Dalbir Singh Suhag took over as Chief of Army Staff, on 31st July 2014, succeeding General Bikram Singh to become the ______ Army Chief and will serve as Army Chief for 29 months till 31 December 2016.

(a)  25th                              (b) 28th

(c)  22nd                              (d) 30th

18.  India has the sixth highest prevalence of child marriage in the world, one in every ____ child brides living in India, according to United Nations report.

(a)  3                                  (b) 4

(c)  5                                  (d) 6

19.  Prime Minister Narendar Modi, on July 4, 2014, flagged off the first train named Shree Shakti a new railway line between Udhampur and Katra, enabling pilgrims to take a direct train from Delhi to the base camp of the Vaishnoe Devi Shrine. What is the distance between Udhampur and Katra.

(a)  15 kms                         (b) 20 kms

(c)  25 kms                         (d) 30 kms

20.  Which of the following cities will get the first bus that can run on water surface?

(a)  Mumbai                      (b) Kolkata

(c)  Chennai                       (d) Vishakhapatnam

21.  Who of the following is the new Attorney-General of India?

(a)  Mukul Rohatgi            (b) Gulam Vahanvati

(c)  S. Subramaniam          (d) Jitendra Awahod

22.  Which of the following animals has, on June 31, 2014, been declared as the state animal of Rajasthan?

(a)  Goat                            (b) Camel

(c)  Cow                             (d) Horse

23.  Who has been appointed as the new Principal Secretary in the Prime Minister Office (PMO)?

(a)  Nripendra Misra         (b) V. K. Singh

(c)  S. K. Pandey                 (d) Rajni Misra

24.  Who was appointed as National Security Advisor on May 30, 2014?

(a)  Ajit Kumar Doval         (b) Dr. S. Jaishankar

(c)  Siddharth Luthra         (d) None of these

25.  Naveen Patnaik was sworn in as CM of Odessa on May 21, 2014. Despite the Modi move across the country, Patnaik led his party BJD to a spectacular _____ straight victory in the state assembly polls held in April 2014 & the party best ever performance.

(a)  Second                         (b) Third

(c)  Fourth                          (d) Fifth

26.  Who of the following has taken over as the new Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission on May 22, 2014?

(a)  Sushma Singh              (b) Rajiv Mathur

(c)  Sushma Seth                (d) Rajiv Mishra

27.  Analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms has shown that ___ percent of the winners in 2014 Lok Sabha election are crorepati's

(a)  72%                             (b) 75%

(c)  80%                             (d) 82%

28.  In the 2014 Parliamentary elections, how many of the 543 MPs elected won over 50% of the votes in their constituencies?

(a)  175                              (b) 200

(c)  201                              (d) 202

29.  In India, the proportion of the elderly has risen from 5.63% in 1961 to ______ % in 2012.

(a)  6.3%                            (b) 7.3%

(c)  8.3%                            (d) 9.3%

30.  According to a study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) recently, which state is fast emerging as a major destination for domestic tourists,?

(a)  Maharashtra               (b) Rajasthan

(c)  Gujarat                        (d) Madhya Pradesh

31.  Which state Govt. has recently announced the introduction of martial arts training in girl's school and degree colleges as a tool to defend themselves?

(a)  Gujarat                        (b) West Bengal

(c)  Uttar Pradesh              (d) Haryana

32.  What percent of rural houses do not have toilets as per National Sample Survey 2013?

(a)  57.4%                          (b) 58%

(c)  59.4%                          (d) 60%

33.  Which of the following states is the worst performer, is respect of provisions of toilets, with 90.5% of their population without toilets?

(a)  Odisha                         (b) Madhya Pradesh

(c)  Jharkhand                    (d) Chhattisgarh

34.  Recently, the Maharashtra Govt. approved 16% quota for backward Marathas and 5% for Muslims in jobs and education. With this the quota in this state has shot up to _____ percent, way above the 50% ceiling fixed by the Supreme Court.

(a)  53%                             (b) 63%

(c)  73%                             (d) 75%

35.  Which of the following is Gujarat's dream village in Himmat Nagar that offers Wi-Fi connectivity, has air-conditioned primary schools equipped with CCTV cameras, all the streets in the village have concrete roads, people get chilled mineral water for drinking and there is an independent public transport system?

(a)  Punsari                        (b) Banashantha

(c)  Chhota Udaipur           (d) Sabarkantha

36.  Rani-Ki-Van, a 11th century step well in Gujarat got World Heritage Site tag recently. It is located in which of the following areas of Gujarat?

(a)  Patan                           (b) Sabarkantha

(c)  Banaskantha               (d) Chhota Udaipur

37.  Which disease was the biggest killer in 2013 with almost 5.5 lakhs deaths?

(a)  HIV/AIDS                     (b) T.B

(c)  Malaria                       (d) None of the above

38.  According to UNICEF, In India, nearly _____ million children have never steeped inside a school and the dropout rate is about  ______ million

(a)  8,80                             (b) 7,70

(c)  6,60                             (d) None of these

39.  President Pranab Mukherjee dedicated 'RuPay' to the Nation on May 8, 2014. Which of the following statements pertaining to 'RuPay' is/are correct?

(a)  'RuPay' is a new card payment scheme. It is the coinage of two terms Rupee and payment.

(b) 'RuPay' symbolizes the capabilities of the banking industry in India to build a card payment network so that dependency on international card scheme is minimized.

(c)  Both (a) & (b)             

(d) Neither (a) nor (b)

40.  Which of the following is the indigenously developed light combat aircraft that would officially replace the MiG-21 FL fighter jet by end of 2014?

(a)  Miraj                           (b) Tejas

(c)  Hawk                           (d) Eagle

41.  Telangana has become the _____ State with 10 districts. This new state has been created by dividing Andhra Pradesh.

(a)  28th                              (b) 29th

(c)  30th                              (d) 27th

42.  India's first monorail was thrown open to the public in ______ eight years after it was first proposed. With this, India will join countries like the U.S., Germany, China, Japan, Australia and Malaysia that run monorails.

(a)  Mumbai                      (b) Bangalore

(c)  Hyderabad                  (d) Chennai

43.  Which of the following state has become the first to adopt the provisions of the Lokpal Act with the Vidhan Sabha passing the Lokayukta Bill-2014?

(a)  Madhya Pradesh         (b) Haryana

(c)  Uttar Pradesh              (d) Karnataka

44.  Who among the following has been appointed as the first women head of National Police Academy in 65 years?

(a)  Aruna Bahgwat     (b) Aruna Bahuguna

(c)  Ranjana Prakash   (d) Usha Ramachandran

45.  Which among the following states became the first State to legally ban smokeless tobacco?

(a)  Sikkim                          (b) Assam       

(c)  Tripur                          (d) Delhi

46.  Recently, which of the following state has became the first state in India to observe 'State Child Protection Day'?

(a)  Assam                          (b) Odisha

(c)  Kerala                          (d) Karnataka

47.  Which of the following statement is not true about Nayak committee which submitted its report to RBI on 13 May 2014?

(a)  The committee was formed to review Governance of Boards of Banks in India     

(b) The committee was constituted under the chairmanship of P.J. Nayak

(c)  The Report projected the capital requirements till March 2018 in order that provisions are prudent

(d) As per the report, there is not adequate balance sheet growth to support the needs of the economy, and capital is in line with the more demanding requirements of Basel 2.

48.  Russia, on 7 August 2014, granted a three-year residence permit to Edward Snowden, the former US intelligence contractor turned whistleblower, which will allow him to move freely and travel abroad. But, he will not be allowed to stay abroad for longer than_________.

(a)  3 months                     (b) 2 months

(c)  4 months                     (d) None of the above

49.  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on 6 August 2014 inaugurated the work on a new Suez Canal along the 145 years old historic Suez Canal. The project has been launched with an aim to expand trade between Europe and Asia. The total estimated cost of digging the new waterway would be around _______.

(a)  6 Billion Dollar            (b) 8 Billion Dollar

(c)  5 Billion Dollar            (d) 4 Billion Dollar

50.  John Kerry, who arrived in India on 30th July, 2014, is ______ of US government.

(a)  Secretary of State      

(b) Secretary of the Treasury

(c)  Secretary of Defence 

(d) Secretary of Health and Human Services

51.  Drawings, poetry and prose from the trenches narrating some of the most graphic and gruesome events of World War1 by a British Soldier have been put online by the University of ________ amidst events to mark 100 years of the global war.

(a)  University of Cambridge  

(b) University of Oxford

(c)  University of Aberdeen    

(d) Aberystwyth University

52.  Who, on 30th May, 2014 deployed two Global hawks on Misawa airbase in Northern Japan?

(a)  Russia Air Force          (b) US Air Force

(c)  UK Air Force                (d) Chinese Air Force

53.  Which country has emerged as the world's largest consumer of antibiotics with a 60% increase in popping habits over the last decade, according to the study "Global Trends in Antibiotic consumption, 2000-2010"?

(a)  Brazil                           (b) Russia

(c)  China                           (d) India

54.  Which three countries of Africa have recently decided to create a regional force to combat Militant Islamist group Boko Haram?

(a)  Chad, Niger and Cameroon   

(b) Chad, Kenya and Niger

(c)  Kenya, Cameroon and Niger 

(d) Niger, Chad and Cameroon

55.  Recently the word "Bladabindi" was in news. What does it mean?

(a)  Computer Virus          

(b) A World Heritage Site

(c)  A community in Africa     

(d) A new comet discovered recently

56.  During July 2014, 100-meter long Khurkot Bridge built across Sunkoshi River at a cost of USD 1.8 million was inaugurated by Nepal. It will provide the shortest land route between ______ and ______.

(a)  India and Bangladesh

(b) India and China

(c)  China and Bangladesh

(d) Bangladesh and Bhutan

57.  Dr. Jim Yong Kim, who concluded his three-day visit to India, recently, is the President of ____.

(a)  World Trade Organization     

(b) European Commission

(c)  World Bank                

(d) Asian Development Bank

58.  Recently, Samina Baig became the first woman of her country to climb seven highest peaks in seven continents in under eight months. She belongs to which of the following countries?

(a)  Iran                              (b) Iraq

(c)  Pakistan                       (d) Saudi Arabia

59.  UN General Assembly, on 7 June 2014, announced an award in honour of ______.

(a)  Nelson Mandela          (b) Mother Terresa

(c)  Mahatma Gandhi        (d) None of the above

60.  Petro Poroshenko was elected as President on 25 May 2014 with more than 54 percent of the votes. He was sworn-in as the President of _______.

(a)  Ukraine                       (b) Malaysia

(c)  Russia                          (d) Jordan

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