Practice Quiz set 1 - general awareness mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap in defence sector has been increased to?
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The union government in its budget proposed to hike the FDI cap in defence and insurance to 49% from 26%.
Q-2) 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-3) The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property CenterCentre (GIPC) has released its third annual international intellectual property (IP) index list.What is India’s rank among them?
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Q-4) Which of the following statements are correct? - Recently, President’s rule has been imposed in Jammu and Kashmir
- It was imposed under Article 356 of the Indian constitution.
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Governor’s Rule has been imposed in Jammu and Kashmir under Section 92 of J&K Constitution.
Q-5) Consider the following statements: - NTPC has emerged as the country’s biggest company in terms of annual revenue as per an annual list of Fortune 500 companies in India- 2014.
- This year’s list of the country’s 500 largest corporations was compiled by the global business magazine Fortune’s Indian edition.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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State-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has emerged as the country’s biggest company in terms of annual revenue as per an annual list of Fortune 500 companies in India- 2014. IOC topped the list with annual revenue of Rs 4, 75, 867 crore.
Q-6) Which of the following statements are correct? - “Towards Zero Poaching in Asia”, a symposium was held in Kathmandu, Nepal.
- India is the only country to achieve zero poaching among the tiger range countries in Asia.
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Nepal is the only country to achieve zero poaching with no tiger killed in last three years.
Q-7) Consider the following statements: - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14 March 2015 flagged off the first train from Thalaimannar to Madhu Road in North Sri Lanka.
- The rail project connects the Sri Lanka’s Jaffna province to capital Colombo and a branch line connects Thalaimannar to the main rail line.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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The North-South Rail link was completely destroyed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants during the civil war in 1980s.
Q-8) Agricultural Biosecurity Bill, 2013 proposes to set up Agricultural Biosecurity Authority of India at
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Agricultural Biosecurity Authority of India is proposed to be established at Faridabad. It will be headed by a Director General to be appointed by the central government.
Q-9) Which of the following statements are correct? - India’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) powered train was flagged off between Vadodara and Ahmedabad.
- It is based on dual fuel system- electricity power and CNG.
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India’s first CNG powered train ran between Rewari and Rohtak and it will be based on dual fuel system- diesel and CNG.
Q-10) Consider the following statements- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scheme, ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ (save the girl child, educate the girl child), on January 22 at Panipat in Haryana.
- With an initial corpus of `100 crore, the scheme has been launched in a hundred districts across the country.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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The scheme aims at making girls independent socially as well as financially through education. This approach of the Government can facilitate in generating awareness and improving the efficiency of delivery of welfare services meant for the women.