Current Affair Practice Paper Set 14

Current Affair Practice Paper Set 14

1) Which of the following submarines has been recommended by board of inquiry for its decommissioning ?

1. INS Sindhurakshak
2. INS Vikrant
3. INS Chakra
4. INS Sindhushastra

2) Which of the following states has launched an "Angel Fund" to help the first generation entrepreneurs and skilled youths to set up micro and small enterprises in the state ?

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

3) Airport Authority of India (AAI) has recently signed an agreement for the development of Aviation Security Equipment Testing and Evaluation Programme with which of the following countries ?

1. Japan
2. UK
3. US
4. Germany

4) India has created the history of becoming the first country to insert the spacecraft of the mission around the Mars in first attempt. What is the name of this Mars Orbiter Mission ?

1. Mangalvahan
2. Mangalyatra
3. Mangalyaan
4. Chandrayaan

5) Which of the following states has issues an order enhancing the upper age limit for direct recruitment in government service from 34 to 40 years ?

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

6) Union Government has launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana. Which of the following statement/s is/are true regarding this ?

1. This Yojana aims at training 10 lakhs rural youths for jobs in three years, that is, by 2017.
2. The minimum age for entry under the Yojana is 15 years compared to 18 years under the Aajeevika Skills Programme.
3. The Skills imparted under the Yojana will now be benchmarked against international standards and will complement the Prime Minister's Make in India campaign
4. All the above

7) Supreme Court of India has cancelled allocation of 214 out of 218 coal blocks which were allocated to various companies since 1993. The four blocks which were not cancelled included which of the following companies ?

1. NTPC
2. SAIL
3. Sasan Power Ltd
4. ONGC
5. All the Above

8) Which of the following states has hosted Global Investors Summit (GIS) 2014 to attract major investment in the state ?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Kerala
3. Manipur
4. Karnataka

9) The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has addressed the 69th session of United Nations General Assenbly (UNGA) in New York in Hindi. He became the second Prime Minister after whom of the following to address the UN session in Hindi ?

1. I.K. Gujral
2. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
3. Manmohan Singh
4. P.V. Narasimha Rao

10) PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated India Food Park to empower the farmers by facilitating value addition through creation of appropriate infrastructure including rural connectivity, storage and warehousing in which of the following states ?

1. Kerala
2. Karnataka
3. Gujarat
4. West Bengal