indian political, socio economic panorama & issues (national) MCQ section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Wang Yi, a minister of China visited India recently. He is the _________?

a) Railway Minister

b) Finance Minister

c) Foreign Minister

d) Defence Minister

Question : 2

Which of the following acts were declared unconstitutional and void by Supreme Court?

1. National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, 2014.
2. The Constitution (119th Amendment) Act, 2015.
3. 99th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2014.
4. Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014.

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) 3 and 4 only

Question : 3

Recently, State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a loan agreement for 100 million euro with European Investment Bank (EIB). It will be used for:

1. the development of small and medium-sized enterprises
2. the development of social and economic infrastructure
3. the climate change mitigation and adaptation

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of these

Question : 4

Which of the following measures are announced by the Government of India for Pacific island nations?

1. Visa on Arrival (VoA) for all 14 Pacific island nations.
2. Special Adaptation Fund of 1 million US dollars for Climate change.
3. Pan Pacific Islands Project for telemedicine and tele-education to be formulated.
4. Negotiation for Free Trade Agreement to be accelerated.

a) 3 and 4 only

b) 1, 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) 2 and 3 only

Question : 5

With reference to the NITI Aayog’s second version of the India Energy Security Scenarios 2047, consider the following statements:

1. It aims to explore a range of potential future energy scenarios for India
2. It explores India’s possible energy scenarios across energy supply sectors
3. Similar to this tool, the countries like China, Bangladesh and South Africa have now developed their own energy/climate calculators
4. The US Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is the initiative partner with NITI Aayog in this project.

a) 1, 3 & 4

b) 1 & 2 only

c) 2 & 4 only

d) 1, 2 & 3

Question : 6

Name the Bank that was launched by PM Narendra Modi on 8th Apr’15 with a corpus of ` 20,000 Crore and credit guarantee corpus of ` 3,000 Crore?

a) MUDRA Bank

b) Federal Bank of India

c) Jand Dhan Bank

d) Awasiya Bank