indian political, socio economic panorama & issues (national) MCQ section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Dineshwar Sharma has been named as the new chief of

a) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

b) Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW)

c) National Investigating Agency (NIA)

d) Intelligence Bureau (IB)

Question : 2

Consider the following statements

1. 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.
2. With an initial corpus of `100 crore, the scheme has been launched in a hundred districts across the country.

a) 2 only

b) All of the above

c) 1 only

d) Neither of the above

Question : 3

Which of the following statements regarding Ashtamudi lake are correct?

1. It’s Clam governing council is the first fishery Certified in India by the Marine Stewardship Council
2. It is the largest estuarine system in Kerala
3. It is among the sites in Ramsar Wetland of International importance.

a) 2 and 3 only

b) 1 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of these

Question : 4

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?

a) 35th

b) 30th

c) 28th

d) 29th

Question : 5

Agricultural Biosecurity Bill, 2013 proposes to set up Agricultural Biosecurity Authority of India at

a) Bhopal

b) Ludhiana

c) Faridabad

d) Allahabad

Question : 6

Consider the following statements:

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14 March 2015 flagged off the first train from Thalaimannar to Madhu Road in North Sri Lanka.
2. The rail project connects the Sri Lanka’s Jaffna province to capital Colombo and a branch line connects Thalaimannar to the main rail line.

a) 2 only

b) Both 1 and 2

c) 1 only

d) Neither of the above