indian political, socio economic panorama & issues (national) MCQ section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Recently, India has lost 19,467 sq. km of sea area in an arbitration case in a UN tribunal with:

a) Maldives

b) China

c) Bangladesh

d) Myanmar

Question : 2

Consider the following statements.

1. Union Government is going to release wages directly into the accounts of the workers engaged under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
2. Gram panchayats will be empowered to take up work according to the agreed labour budget and without struggling for the release of funds.
3. The proposed system will improve the overall efficiency of implementation and benefit all stakeholders.
4. Corruption level will go down with the implementation of this scheme.

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 1 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Question : 3

Consider the following statements:

1. Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has appointed Baldev Sharma as chairman of National Book Trust (NBT)
2. He succeeded veteran Malayalam writer A. Sethumadhavan
3. Baldev Sharma is the former editor of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) mouthpiece Panchajanya.
4. NBT established in 1955.

a) 2 ,3 only

b) 1,2 and 3 only

c) 1 ,2 only

d) All of the above

Question : 4

Consider the following statements:

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released commemorative coins to honour Tata Group founder Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata.
2. PM released coins in the denomination of 100 and five rupee to mark Jamsetji Tata’s 175th birth anniversary.
3. Earlier, government had honoured Jamsetji twice by releasing his postal stamps; one in 1960 and another in 1965.

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 3 only

c) 1 only

d) All of the above

Question : 5

Where is the 68th National Aquatic Championship being held?

a) Ahmedabad

b) New Delhi

c) Chennai

d) Kolkata

Question : 6

Which of the following statements are correct regarding Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana?

1. It encourages MPs to identify and develop one village from their respective constituency as a model village by 2016.
2. An MP cannot pick his/her own village or spouse’s village
3. It integrates with Bharat Nirman Yojana to provide basic facilities to all the inhabitants.
4. The implementation will be ensured by web based monitoring.

a) 2 and 3 only

b) 1 and 4 only

c) 1, 2 and 4 only

d) All of the above