Current Affairs (Part-1)

1. Which High court ruled that the practice of triple talaq ( Talaq-e-bidat ) among Muslims is  unconstitutional and violates the right of woman enshrined in constitution?

     (a) Allahabad High Court                          (b) Delhi High Court

     (c) Patna High Court                                 (d) Supreme Court

 Ans.- (a)

2. Which Committee on Digital Payments recommended a medium term strategy for accelerating  growth of  Digital Payments in India?

   

     (a) Urjit Patel Committee                          (b) Ashok lavsa Committee

     (c) Ratan p Watal Committee                    (d) Lohra Committee

Ans.- (c)

3. How many functional Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas are there in the country presently?

    (a) 691          (b) 591          (c) 491          (d) 791

Ans. (b)

4.Which was the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India established?

    (a) September 1, 2016    (b) October 1, 2016    (c) November 1, 2016    (d) November 29, 2016

Ans.- (b)

5. Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad recently launched ________________ project to enable every citizen, small traders and merchants to adopt digital payment in their everyday financial transactions?

Ans.- Digidhan Abhiyan

6. Where did the Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally launched "Housing for All" in rural areas which Government proposes to provide an environmentally safe and secure pucca house to every rural household by 2011?

Ans.-  Agra

7. What is the theme for human right Day 2016 that's observed on Dec 10th annually?

    (a) My Life My Right                                  (b) The way of Life

    (c) Standup for someone's right                   (c) sustainable development

Ans.- (c)

8.  National Student Startup Policy is formulated by-

     (a) NCERT                                                 (b) CBSE

     (c) AICTE                                                  (d) NIIT

Ans.- (c)

➤ Launched - 16 November 2016

➤ AICTE- All India Council for Technical Education.

➤ It aims to created 100,000 technology based student start-ups and a million employment  opportunities within the next 10 years.

9. In which of the following state, All India Radio lunched its first-ever Gojri news bulletin to reach out to lakhs of people of the Gujjar community?

     (a) Rajasthan     (b) Haryana     (c) Delhi NCR     (d) Jammu and Kashmir

Ans.- (d)

➤ Gojri is one of the most widely spoken language in jammu and kashmir and over 20 percent chunk of the population in state consists of the Gojri people.

10. Who won Gold Medal in lightweight (60 kg) National Boxing championship in Guwahati?

      (a) Shiva Thapa      (b) Mahendar pal      (c) Sushil Singh      (d) Vikas Krishnan

Ans.- (a)

11. Who won Gold Medal in (69 kg) National Boxing championship in Guwahati?

       (a) Manoj Kumar     (b) Sushil Singh       (c) Vikas krishnan    (d) Mahendra Pal

Ans.- (a)

12. India has ranked at the following position in recently published Global Youth Development  Index (YDI) by the commonwealth secretariat?

       (a) 133rd          (b) 123rd          (c) 106th          (d) 136th

Ans.- (a)

13.  Under which section of the income Tax Act is the Central Government authorized to enter into an agreement with a foreign country or specified territory for exchange of information and recovery of income tax for the prevention of evasion or income-tax?

       (a) section 19(a)       (b) Section 90        (c) section 40        (d) section 110

Ans.- (b)  

14.  Name the first state in country to pass the motion in legislative assembly supporting central government's move for monetising Rs 1000 and 500 banknotes?

       (a) MP          (b)Chhattisgarh          (c) UP          (d) Bihar

Ans.- (b)

 ➤ On 16 November 2016 Chhattisgarh become the first state in country to pass the motion in Legislative Assembly supporting Central government's move for demonetising Rs. 1000 and  Rs.500 banknotes.
 ➤ The assembly passed the resolution with 41 votes in favour and 25 against the motion.    

15.  Pakistan has revoked the ban on import of which product from India through wagah and karachi.

       (a) Steel          (b) Cotton          (c) Salt          (d) Egg

Ans.- (b)

16.  Booking Railway ticket through online mode be enable passenger to get free accident insurance  cover of how much amount?

       (a) 5 lakh          (b) 10 lakh      (c) 15 lakh       (d) 20 lakh

Ans.- (b)

17. How much discount will be given to people how by monthly seasonally networks through digital  payment mode?

      (a) 0.2%            (b) 0.5%         (c) 1%             (d)1.25%

Ans.- (b)

18. Online purchase of new insurance policy of public sector under taking will deliver how much discount on general insurance and life insurance policies respectively?

      (a) 8% ,10%     (b) 6%, 8%     (c) 10%, 12% (d) 10%, 8%

Ans.- (d)

19. The food safety and standards authority of India ( FSSAI) banned the use of which object for wrapping or packing of food item?

      (a) Silver foil      (b) News papers     (c) Aluminium foil     (d) Leaves of free

Ans.- (b)

20. L&T was awarded the contract by GCA to make which stadium world's biggest cricket stadium in term of seating capacity.

     (a) Ferozshah Kotla, Delhi                                   (b) HPCA stadium, Dharamshala

     (c) Sardar Patel Cricket Stadium                          (d) Green Park Stadium

Ans.- (c)

21. What is the name of  the TV channel launched by union minister of electronics and information technology Shri Ravi shankar Prasad to promote cashless transaction in rural areas.

    (a) Digidhan        (b) Digitalshala       (c) Digishala        (d) Digital network

Ans.- (b)

22. Who defeated Indian Sourav Kothari to win the 2016 IBSF world billiards long up title at  Bengaluru.

      (a) Pankaj Advani      (b) Peter Gilchrist      (c) Geeta Sethi       (d) Sourav Sharma

Ans.- (b)

23. Scientists from university of Illinois have discovered the presence of which atoms in thermosphere?

      (a) Helium            (b) Lithium           (c) Hydrogen         (d) Methane

Ans.- (c)

24. Which airport achieved carbon neutral status with regards to carbon emission and has become the first airport in Asia Pacific Region under the 5-5 million passengers per annum category and  second among all categories in the Asia pacific region to achieve the carbon neutral status.

     (a) The Rajiv Gandhi International airport, Hyderabad.

     (b) Indra Gandhi International airport, Delhi

     (c) Veer Savarkar International airport, Andaman.

     (d) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International airport, Kolkata.

Ans.- (a)

25. PM Narendra Modi, attend a programme organized by the Banskantha cooperative milk  producers union (Banas Diary) at dessa in which state to celebrate the golden jubilee year of the  diary? He also inaugurated a cheese plant and whey drying plant at Palanpur.          

   

       (a) Gujarat                 (b) UP             (c) Rajasthan              (d) MP

Ans.- (a)

26. When is the universal health coverage day observed by UN with an aim to promote the human right to health?

     (a) Dec. 10                 (b) Dec. 11         (c) Dec. 12              (d) Dec. 13

Ans.- (c)

27. The international Olympic committee's has granted provisional recognition which sports for 3 years.

      (a) Martial art of muaythai                        (b) Cheerleading

      (c) Both 1 and 2                                         (d) Only a

Ans.- (c)

28. Which olympic gold medalist created a world record in the men's 100m butterfly final of FINA  short course world swimming championships held at windsor Ontario.

       (a) Michel Phelps           (b) Chard Le Clos      (c) Ian Thorpe       (d) Jenkin steinson

Ans.- (b)

29. In India, what percentage of person with disability (PWD) are illiterate as per social development report 2016?

      (a) 25%                         (b)35%                   (c) 45%                   (d) 55%

Ans. (c)

30. Whom become the first Canadian woman to be featured on the nations $10 currency note?

     (a) Sosha Edwards       (b) Marya Trudeau      (c) Morsy Symonds      (d) Viala desmond

Ans. (d)

31. Which german company has acquired food panda to boost there online food ordering and delivery?

     (a) Delivery box             (b) Grow fery           (c) Delivery Hero        (d) Faasos

Ans.- (c)

32. Which state started special train "Vadi Ki Sair" (Tour of the valley)?

       (a) HP           (b) Jammu & Kashmir       (c) Sikkim          (d) Kerala

Ans. (b)

33. Which state government has tide up with Tata trusty to acquire digital platforms to strengthen the public distribution system (PDS) by Aadhar enabled public distribution system (AEPDS) at fair price?

       (a) MP               (b) Bihar           (c) UP              (d) HP

Ans.- (c)

34. What is the name of the website launched by union minister of railways Shri Suresh for the national rail plan, 2030?

       (a) www.nationalrailplan.in                          (b) www.nationalirctcrailplan.in

       (c) www.nationalrealplan.in                          (c) www.nationalcleartrip.in

Ans.- (a)

35. With which country, ISRO has signed an MOU for cooperation in the exchange and us of land remote sensing satellite data?

       (a) UAE                  (b) USA               (c) China               (d) Japan

Ans.- (b)

36. Rajyasabha passed the write of person with disabilities will, 2014, replacing the person with disabilities (equal opportunities, protection of right and full participation) Act, how many disabilities are covered in the bill?

       (a) 19                    (b) 17                   (c) 7                       (d) 11

Ans.- (a) (in old Act 7)

37. DGAD has recommended imposing definitive anti dumping duty on Chin for which product?

        (a) Milk and Milk products                          (b) Steel Tubes and Pipes 

        (c) Gold Coin                                               (d) Cotton

Ans.- (b)