Current Affairs Quiz (Nov06 - Nov12)

Question 1: Square Kilometre Array – SKA sometimes appears in news. It is

Question 2: The Union ministry of shipping’s ‘Jal Marg Vikas’ program is being funded by ___________.

Question 3: International boundary ‘McMahon line’ is located between __________.

Question 4: Article 224-A of the Indian constitution is related to

Question 5: 5/20 rule appears in news in the context of ___________.

Question 6: Which of the following Ancient Indian rivers path were recently discovered by a group of specialists?

Question 7: The 1^st Agro-Biodiversity Congress took place at ___________.

Question 8: Which of the following is correctly matched?

1. Raqqa – Syria
2. Demchok – J&K
3. Mosul – Iran

Question 9: UN Framework Convention on Climate change’s CoP-22, 2016 will be held at ___________.

Question 10: The Ministry of Railways has firmed up an action plan to increase the train speed up to 160 km per hour on the total 9,000-km main trunk routes across the country under _________.

Question 11: Which of the following is/are true regarding Double Tax Avoidance Agreements (DTAA)?

1. A DTAA is a tax treaty signed between two or more countries with the objective that tax-payers in these countries can avoid being taxed twice for the same
2. Countries with which India has DTAA include Mauritius, Canada and Bangladesh

Question 12: Which of the following is/are true regarding National Food Security Act?

Question 13: Which of the following is true?

Question 14: Which of the following is true regarding Pollution according to the Environment Pollution Act, 1986?

1. “environment” includes water, air and land and the inter- relationship which exists among and between water, air and land, and human beings, other living creatures, plants, micro-organism and property
2. “environmental pollutant” means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance present in such concentration as may be, or tend to be, injurious to environment;

Question 15: Which of the following is not true?

1. Internet of things simply means a thing or any device that can be connected to the internet
2. The scope of ‘Internet of Things’ comes under the Ministry of Earth Sciences

Question 16: The centre recently extended AFSPA in order to counter extortion and intimidation by the cadres of National Socialist Council of Nagaland – NSCN in the 3 districts of __________.

Question 17: Which of the following countries are non-signatories of nuclear non-proliferation treaty?

Question 18: It is reported that Photochemical smog is responsible for severe deterioration of air quality in New Delhi. What are its constituents?

1. Ozone (O3)
2. Peroxy-Acyl Nitrate (PAN)
3. Nitrogen di oxide (NO2)

Question 19: Which of the following are the steps taken by the centre to counter the menace of black money/parallel economy?

1. Formation of a Special Investigative Team (SIT) under Retd. Judge
2. Income disclosure scheme – 2016
3. a strict law has come into force from August 2016 to curb benami transactions
4. Cancelling legal tender of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes

Question 20: Which of the following cities are located in Syria?

Question 21: The India Navy vessel with all-woman crew was flagged off from Panaji. The name of the vessel is _______.

Question 22: Which of the following Indian state hosted the International bird festival-2016?

Question 23: Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the National Tiger Conservation Authority – NTCA?

1. It works under the Union ministry of Environment and forests
2. It is a statutory body
3. It is responsible for conducting the tiger census, implementing project tiger in different tiger reserves of the country

Question 24: Which of the following is not a Bio-diversity hotspot?

Question 25: ‘Parallel – economy’ is used to indicate ________.

Question 26: Which of the following is/are true?

1. UK is the 3rd largest inward investor in India, after Mauritius, and Singapore
2. UK ranks first among the G20 countries and accounts for around 9% of all foreign direct investment into India for the period April 2000 – September 2015

Question 27: Which of the following is/are not correctly matched?

Question 28: Which of the following is true?

1. The “Marrakesh Agreement”, was signed in Marrakesh, Morocco, on April 15, 1994, at the conclusion of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
2. All WTO members are parties to the Marrakesh Agreement, including countries that have joined the WTO since it was signed

Question 29: Which of the following best explains the concept of ‘Demonetisation’?

1. Demonetization is the act of stripping a currency unit of its status as legal tender 
2. Demonetization enchances the changes of hoarding of money, increase in parallel economy and offers new ventures for producing fake currency in the economy

Question 30: Which of the following is/ are not a part of Great Britain?

Question 31: Recently India has signed landmark civil nuclear deal with

Question 32: Indus water treaty is between ________.

Question 33: Cyber security in India comes under ___________.

1. Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.
2. Ministry of defense
3. Ministry of information & broadcasting

Question 34: Which of the following is not a tributary of Indus?

Question 35: Which among the following is the largest source of electricity in India?