Practice Indian political socio economic panorama issues - general awareness mcq Online Quiz (set-2) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Which of the following Indian companies have achieved market capitalization of `5 lakh crore?
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TCS has become the first Indian company to achieve market capitalization of ` 5 lakh crore followed by ONGC at 3.5 lakh crore.
Q-2) In how many districts of the country will the government will implement the first phase of the Universal Immunization programme ‘Mission Indradhanush’ from 7th Apr’15?
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These districts have been selected under the programme, keeping in view that nearly 50 per cent of all un-vaccinated or partially vaccinated children are in these 201 districts.
Q-3) The Union Government has set a target to achieve literacy rate in the country by 2017 :
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The Union Government of India announced that it has set a target to achieve 80% literacy rate in the country by 2017. The literacy rate of the country at present is 74%.
Q-4) Which among the following cities will host World IT Congress in 2018?
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Hyderabad will host prestigious World Information Technology Congress (WITC) in 2018.
Q-5) For which crop,has the Central Government has asked to relax quality norms for procurement on 7th Apr’15?
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If quality of wheat is affected due to unseasonal rains or any other reason, relaxation in the norms is considered.
Q-6) Recently, the union government has appointed Amitabh Bachchan as the brand ambassador for its campaign against which disease?
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Union government has appointed Amitabh Bachchan as brand ambassador for its campaign against hepatitis B.
Q-7) Delhi High Court has recently restrained which of the following company from manufacturing anti-diabetes drugs Zita and Zita-Met?
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In a case of violation of patent law, Delhi High Court has restrained Glenmark, an Indian pharmaceutical company from manufacturing and selling its anti-diabetes drugs Zita and Zita-Met.
Q-8) Consider the following statements about the recently approved Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill, 2015:
- It prescribes time-bound investigation of offences within six months.
- It provides the punishment for any act of corruption not less than 3 months and a maximum of 5 years.
- It states that the trial in such cases should be completed in six months.
- It allows authorities to provisionally attach assets acquired by corrupt means.
Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?
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It provides the punishment for any act of corruption not less than six months and a maximum of 10 years.
Q-9) Which of the following statements are correct regarding Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Bill, 2015?
- It seeks to give status of ‘Maharatna’ Public Sector Enterprise to Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC)
- The central government will become the financial guarantor once the bill is passed.
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The bill states that the CWC has been awarded the ‘Miniratna’ by the Department of Public Enterprises.
As per the criteria, the government will not continue as the financial guarantor of the enterprise.
Q-10) In which country, has the Indian Prime Minister inaugurated the first of the eight Coastal Surveillance Radar Systems (CSRS) being set up by India?
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During PM’s visit to Seychelles the two nations signed four agreements for cooperation in hydrography, renewable energy, infrastructure development and hydro-graphic survey.
Q-11) Which of the following statements are correct regarding Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill 2011? - The bill seeks to amend the constitution under 115th Constitution Amendment Bill, 2011.
- Parliament and state legislatures would have exclusive power to levy GST on imports and inter-state trade respectively.
- Appeals on the decision of Dispute Settlement Authority to settle disputes regarding GST lie with the Supreme Court.
- Petroleum products are exempted from the bill.
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Parliament will have exclusive power to levy GST on imports and inter-state trade.
Q-12) Which of the following statements are correct regarding National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)? - It is the largest rural connectivity project of its kind in the world.
- It has been launched by the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications
- Vellore has become first district in India to have high speed Rural Broadband Network
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Idukki district of Kerala has become first district in India to have high speedRuralBroadband Network i.e. National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) internet connectivity.
Q-13) Below mentioned women are included in Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen 2015 list released by Forbes. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? Businesswomen Associated with- Arundhati Bhattacharya StateBank ofIndia
- Chanda Kochchar ICICI Bank
- Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Axis Bank
- Akhila Srinivasan Biocon
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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is founder and MD of Biocon andAkhila Srinivasan is MD of Shriram Life Insurance. The CEO and MD ofAxis Bank is Shikha Sharma.
Q-14) Which of the following statements are correct about Surajkund International Crafts Mela, Faridabad? - This year is the 29th edition of the fair.
- Jordan is the Partner Nation in the fair.
- The theme state of this year is Chhattisgarh.
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Lebanon is the Partner Nation of this year’s fair.
Q-15) Which of the following statements are correct? - Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is scheduled to be held from 7-9 January, 2015 in Gujarat.
- It will be 6th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
- The youth segment of the ocassion will have the theme Bharat ko Jano and Bharat ko Mano
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It will be 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
Q-16) Which of the following statement is/are correct about the recently launched National Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)?
- It was launched at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- It aims to strengthen the transmission and distribution (T&D) networks.
- It was announced in Union Budget 2014-15 and is one of the flagship schemes of the Union Ministry of Power.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched National Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to provide 24×7 power supply to every house.
Q-17) Which among the following are the recommendations of the High-Level Committee (HLC) for Restructuring of Food Corporation of India (FCI) chaired by Shanta Kumar?
- FCI procurement should focus on the eastern belt, where farmers do not get the minimum support price.
- It proposes to virtually dilute the scope of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) by lowering its coverage to about 40 per cent population.
- It proposes to start Direct Benefit Transfer in lieu of distribution through Public Distribution System.
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It proposes to defer implementation of NFSA in states that have not done end to end computerization.
Q-18) Who was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha on 13 August 2014?
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M. Thambidurai represents AIADMK in the Lok Sabha. He was elected unanimously as almost all parties moved motions for his election, including the Congress.
Q-19) With reference to the government’s smart cities project, consider the following statements:
- There are four broad criteria and a total of 13 Subcriteria to determine smart cities
- The government will give 10 crore rupees each for the smart city plan
- The selected cities include 12 cities from Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir is not included in the plan
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Government will release two crore rupees each for the cities for the preparation of the smart city plan.
Q-20) The Special Investigation Team on black money has been formed under the chairmanship of?
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The SIT on black money held its first meeting under the chairmanship of Justice Shah on 2nd June.