indian political, socio economic panorama & issues (national) MCQ section 4 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 6

After reconstitution of the cabinet committees, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is headed by the:

a) External Affairs Minister

b) Speaker of the Lok Sabha

c) Prime Minister

d) Home Minister

Answer: (c)

After the reconstitution, the Prime Minister has become the head of CCS, CCEA, ACC and the Committee on Political Affairs.

Question : 7

Which of the following are the reasons for opposing Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) by India at WTO?

  1. TFA restricts farm subsidies to 10% of the value of agricultural production
  2. TFA is discriminatory as it imposes restriction on farm subsidies only on developing nations.
Choose the correct option from the codes given below:

a) 2 Only

b) 1 and 2 Both

c) 1 Only

d) None

Answer: (b)

If farm subsidies are restricted to 10%, it will become difficult to continue the policy of providing MSP and subsidies on fertilizers and seeds to the farmers.

It will also hamper the PDS system. It will not have any effect on farm subsidies in the USA as restrictions will not be imposed on developed countries.

Question : 8

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

  1. Guru Ghasidas National : Rajasthan Park
  2. Bandhavgarh tiger : Madhya Pradesh reserve
  3. Bandipur tiger reserve : Karnataka
  4. Dampa tiger reserve : Mizoram
Codes:

a) 3 and 4 only

b) 1 and 4 only

c) 1, 2 and 3 only

d) 2, 3 and 4 only

Answer: (d)

Guru Ghasidas National Park is located in Chhattisgarh. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has given in-principle approval for creation of Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla tiger reserve.

Question : 9

Union Ministry of Railways has constituted a committee to review the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) cell in the railway board under the chairmanship of

a) Anil Baijal

b) Pramod Asthana

c) S. Jaishankar

d) Ajay Shankar

Answer: (d)

The committee will look into the functioning of the cell and will suggest changes to make it more efficient, effective and result-oriented.

Question : 10

Which of the following statements regarding Union Public Service Commission are correct?

  1. It is a statutory body
  2. Rajni Razdan is the present chairman of the UPSC.
  3. The chairman and members of the UPSC are appointed by the parliament.
Codes:

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) None of these

Answer: (d)

Deepak Gupta has replaced Rajni Razdan as the new chairman of the UPSC which a constitutional body. He was appointed by the President.

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