National Current Affairs (Civil Service Examination), Questions and Answers, GK for UPSC, Bank PO & All Exams

1. Which one of the following Union Ministries implements the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety? [2009]

a. Ministry of Science and Technology

b. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

c. Ministry of Environment and Forests

d. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

2. Which one of the following was not stipulated in the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003? [2010]

a. Elimination of revenue deficit by the end of the fiscal year 2007-08

b. Non-borrowing by the central government from Reserve'Bank of India except under certain circumstances

c. Elimination, of primary deficit by the end of the fiscal year 2008-09

d. Fixing government guarantees in any financial year as a percentage of GDP

3. What was the purpose of the Operation Sukoon launched by the Government of India? [2007]

a. Helping Indonesia in its efforts to rehabilitate the victims of earthquake in that country

b. Evacuating the Indian Nationals from Lebanon during the conflict in the Middle East

c. Assisting United Nations in its efforts to help the civil war victims in the Darfur region of North Africa

d. Providing a relief package to farmers after a spate of suicides by other farmers in Andhra Pradesh.

4. With which one of the following has the B.K. Chaturvedi Committee dealt? [2009]

a. Review of Centre-State relations

b. Review of Delimitation Act

c. Tax reforms and measures to increase revenues

d. Price reforms in the oil sector

5. Tarapore Committee was associated with which one of the following? [2007]

a. Special Economic Zones

b. Fuller capital account convertibility

c. Foreign exchange reserves

d. Effect of oil-prices on the Indian economy

6. To which one of the following processes is the term CMYK related? [2006]

a. Railway signaling

b. Navigation

c. Offset printing

d. Electronic voting machine

7. Which one of the following organizations won the CS1R Award for Science and Technology (S&T) Innovations for Rural Development, 2006? [2007]

a. CLRI

b. IARI

c. NDDB

d. NDRI

8. Match List 1 with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: [2009]
List-I (Person) - List-II (Organization)
A. AnilAgarwal - 1. Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd.
B. Gautam H. Singhania - 2. Raymond Ltd.
C. Sanjay Dalmia - 3. Vedanta Resources
D. Venugopal Dhoot - 4. Videocon Group
Code:

a. A-3;B-1;C-2;D-4

b. A-4; B-1;C-2; D-3

c. A-3;B-2;C-1;D-4

d. A-4; B-2;C-1; D-3

9. In/which one of the following States has India's largest private sector sea port been commissioned recently? [2009]

a. Andhra Pradesh

b. Karnataka

c. Kerala

d. Tamil Nadu

10. Consider the following statements: [2009]
1. The Governor of Punjab is concurrently the Administrator of Chandigarh.
2. The Governor of Kerala is concurrently the Administrator of Lakshadweep.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a. 1 only

b. 2 only

c. Both 1 and 2

d. Neither 1 nor 2