Current Affairs Practice Paper Based on Recent National Affairs

Current Affairs Practice Paper Based on National Affairs

1) Which of the following states included 10 Sub-Caste of Lingayat community in Other Backward Category (OBC) category ?

1. Maharashtra
2. Karnataka
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Odisha

2) Union Government has recently launched a new domain, Dot Bharat in Devanagari script with an aim to connect people with social media and provide contents in regional languages. Initially this domain will cover how many languages ?

1. 5
2. 7
3. 8
4. 10

3) Union government decided to fence over Bangladesh waters based on skid marine hedge model. This model is made by which of the following countries ?

1. France
2. Australia
3. Switzerland
4. Singapore

4) India and Russian recently held their maiden Air Force Joint Exercise at Astrakhan region, near the Caspian Sea in Russia. What is the name of this exercise ?

1. AIFE Indra- 2014
2. AVIA Indra - 2014
3. AVIA Indo - 2014
4. AIFE Indo - 2014

5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced, to launch Energy Highway for Eastern India which will connect it with the national gas grid. Which of the following companies will implement this project ?

1. GAIL
2. SAIL
3. ONGC
4. IOCL

6) Union Cabinet has recently approved the Digital India Programme. Which of the following statements true regarding this ?

1. The programme is worth 1 lakh crore rupees and seeks to transform the Indian economy into a digitally empowered knowledge economy.
2. It is a transformed version of the already running National e-governance Plan
3. The project aims to provide thrust to nine growth areas. These are: broadband highways, everywhere mobile connectivity, public internet access programme, e-Governance, e-Kranti.
4. The programme will be implemented in phases from 2014 till 2018.
5. All the above

7) Which of the following states was reduced the probation period in direct recruitment of its employees on higher posts from two to one year ?

1. Gujarat
2. Rajasthan
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Karnataka

8) The Union Government launched India's first ethanol-run environment-friendly public bus in which of the following cities ?

1. Pune
2. Jaipur
3. Nagpur
4. Indore

9) The coal blocks allocated by the screening committee for which of the following periods were recently declared illegal by the Supreme Court of India ?

1. 1994 to 2014
2. 1993 to 2010
3. 1992 to 2011
4. 1991 to 2009

10) India recently launched its first home-built, anti-submarine warship in a move to deter China from conducting underwater patrols near its shores. What is the name of this Submarine ?

1. INS Kamorta
2. INS Karthik
3. INS Surya
4. INS Sandesh

11) The Union Government recently constituted a high-level committee to review five environmental laws. Who of the following is the head of this committee ?

1. Raja J. Chelliah
2. Aditya Puri
3. T.S.R. Subramanian
4. M. Damodaran

12) Which of the following states four co-operative sugar mills recently bagged the National Awards for their outstanding performances in different fields during the crushing season 2013-14 ?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Assam
3. Rajasthan
4. Haryana

13) Which of the following states is formulating guidelines and standard operating procedures to expedite the process of restoring missing children back to their families in the shortest possible time ?

1. Sikkim
2. Delhi
3. Chandigarh
4. West Bengal

14) Which of the following states in India recently signed an MoU with Air Arabia (UAE) to start a flight from one of its cities ?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Maharashtra
3. Karnataka
4. Andhra Pradesh

15) India recently signed an MoU to develop Varnasi as a Smart City with which of the following countries ?

1. Australia
2. Japan
3. Nepal
4. Bhutan

16) Which of the following states decided to give skill development training to 10 Lakh youths in next three years ?

1. Assam
2. Sikkim
3. West Bengal
4. Gujarat

17) PM Narendra Modi has set up a committee to identify the laws which are believed hampering governance by creating avoidable confusion. What is the name of this committee ?

1. Ramanujam Committee
2. P.J. Naik Committee
3. Aditya Puri Committee
4. Bimal Jalan Committee

18) India recently planned to start shipping service with which of the following countries ?

1. Myanmar
2. Bangladesh
3. Bhutan
4. Both A and B

19) Name the programme that has recently been launched by the Government to improve quality of school education in the country ?

1. Padhe Bharat, Vardhi Bharat
2. Padhe Bharat, Badhe Bharat
3. Gyanbadao Bharat
4. None of these

20) India recently signed a pact on civil nuclear energy deal with which of the following countries ?

1. Russia
2. USA
3. Japan
4. Australia

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