Practice Quiz set 5 - general awareness mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) How many Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) have been decided to be closed down by the Union Cabinet?
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The Seven CPSEs are HMT Bearings, HMT Watches, HMT Chinnar Watches, Tungabhadra Steel Products, Hindustan Photo Films Manufacturing Co., Hindustan Cables and Spices Trading Corporation Ltd.
Q-2) 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-3) Consider the following statements- Union Government has selected Irom Chanu Sharmila as Brand Ambassador for the North East Region.
- She is also first Indian woman boxer to get a Gold Medal in the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon, South Korea.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Union Government has selected legendary boxer and five-time world boxing champion MC Mary Kom as Brand Ambassador for the North East Region.
Q-4) Recently, India has signed loan agreement of $50 million with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to boost power generation capacity in which of the following states?
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The loan amount provided by ADB will help Assam to increase the power generation and improve distribution system.
Q-5) Recently, a team of researchers succeeded in establishing brain-to-brain communication link using internet. The team is led by
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A team of researchers led by Prof. Rajesh Rao at University of Washington established brain-tobrain communication link using internet.
Q-6) India is helping to develop some ports in other countries. Which of the following such ports are correctly matched with the country in which they are located? - Kankesanthurai Maldives
- Chabahar Iran
- Sittwe Myanmar
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Kankesanthurai port in Sri Lanka is the nearest port for all eastern ports in India. Prime Minister of India, in his recent visit to Sri Lanka, re-assured India’s commitment to help to re-develop the port. It was closed during the war in Sri Lanka.
Q-7) Consider the following statements: - RBI has lowered Statutory Liquidity Rate (SLR) by 0.50% in its June review.
- Reduction in SLR helps in increasing credit availability in the market
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
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The reduction in SLR increases the liquidity in the market as banks have more money in hand and can provide more credit.
Q-8) Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct? - RBI has prescribed the maximum age of CEOs of private banks as 70 years in accordance with PJ Nayak Committee
- This is the first time that the RBI has prescribed the retirement age in private bank
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PJ Nayak Committee recommended the maximum retirement age as 65 years whereas RBI has prescribed it as 70 years
Q-9) Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the recently launched Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKY)? - The programme aims to impart skill training to youth with focus on first time entrants to the labour market and class 10 and class 12 dropouts.
- The programme will be implemented by the Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship through the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) training partners.
- Sector Skill Councils and the State Governments would closely monitor skill training that will happen under the PMKVY.
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Q-10) India has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of textile and clothing with which of the following countries?
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India has signed MoU with Kyrgyzstan in the three fields. These include Textiles and Clothing, Silk and Sericulture and Fashion.