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

Question : 1

Nine organic and exotic agricultural products from Northeast India were accorded geographical indication (GI) registration tag. Which of the following is not among them?

a) Sikkim Large Cardamom.

b) Meghalaya Khasi Mandarin

c) Assam Tezpur Tea

d) Mizoram Bird Eye Chilly.

Question : 2

Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of BHAVINI?

a) Sekhar Basu

b) Rajani Sankaran

c) Prabhat Kumar

d) K Radhakrishnan

Question : 3

Which of the following statement(s) regarding National Career Service Portal is/are correct?

1. It is to be launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development
2. An MoU has been signed with the UK to learn from a similar project launched by the UK government.

a) 2 only

b) Both 1 and 2

c) 1 only

d) Neither 1 Nor 2

Question : 4

Shekhar Sen has been appointed as the new chairman of

a) Sangeet Natak Akademi

b) Indian Academy of Sciences

c) Sahitya Akademi

d) Lalit Kala Akademi

Question : 5

Consider the following statements.

1. PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the new capital city of Andhra Pradesh-Amaravati.
2. The name Amaravathi was chosen because of the historical, spiritual and mythological significance; as it was ancient seat of Chola kingdom.
3. The state government has inked a MoU with Malaysia government agencies for preparing the master plan for Amaravati.

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) None of these

Question : 6

To which country India has offered a fresh 1 billion dollar line of credit for the development of the country’s road, communication and infrastructure?

a) Bangladesh

b) Nepal

c) Myanmar

d) Sri Lanka