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WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs FOR WEEK 38/52 WEEKLY OBJECTIVE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR WEEK 38/52 (22 SEPTEMBER – 28 SEPTEMBER 2016) 1. In which Indian State, Famous Naropa Festival is being celebrates recently? (1) Manipur (2) Chhattisgarh (3) Nagaland (4) Himachal Pradesh (5) Jammu and Kashmir 2. In the third week of September 2016, Union Urban Development Ministry named 27 more cities to be developed as Smart Cities thus making the total number of cities in three rounds to _______? (1) 54 (2) 63 (3) 60 (4) 58 (5) Other than the given options 3. During the third week of September 2016, Union Government scrapped the 57 years old distinction between Plan and Non-Plan Expenditures, which will be subsumed with the concept of General Expenditure. Name the Governing Body which was earlier vested with the responsibilities to look after these expenditures? (1) NITI Aayog (2) Finance Ministry (3) RBI (4) Planning Commission (5) Finance Commission 4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi lead Union Cabinet approved the development of Jagdishpur-Haladia and Bokaro-Dhamra Gas Infrastructure Project against a total Capital Grant of __________? (1) Rs. 12,940 crore (2) Rs. 5,176 crore (3) Rs. 7,176 crore (4) Rs. 6,864 crore (5) None of these 5. How much subsidy has been set aside for the BSNL for Rural Landline Connectivity by the Union Government? (1) Rs. 1000 crore (2) Rs. 8600 crore (3) Rs. 1150 crore (4) Rs. 1250 crore (5) Rs. 780 crore 6. Recently, Delhi Municipal Corporation changed one of its Roads, Race Course Road as Lok Kalyan Road. The address is the residence of which Indian famous personality? (1) President (2) Vice President (3) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (4) Prime Minister (5) HQ, AICC 7. Recently, Union Cabinet has approved the Direct Communication Link through a dedicated Submarine Optical Fiber Cable between Chennai and Andaman & Nicobar Islands against an estimated cost of _________? (1) Rs. 1231 crore (2) Rs. 1102.38 crore (3) Rs. 1983.32 crore (4) Rs. 1150 crore (5) None of these 8. In the third week of Sep 2016, National Board for Wildlife approved India’s first Inter-State River Linking Ken-Betwa Project. How much fund has been allocated for this Project? (1) Rs. 1000 crore (2) Rs. 10,000 crore (3) Rs. 5800 crore (4) Rs. 7800 crore (5) None of these 9. Who has been appointed as new India’s Ambassador to United States? (1) Navtej Sarna (2) Arun Kumar Singh (3) Sayeed Akbaruddin (4) Monika Mohta (5) None of these 10. Recently, first ever United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants was concluded at ________? (1) Geneva (2) Angola (3) Brussels (4) Paris (5) New York 11. Recently, Union Cabinet appointed three eminent personalities and Economic Experts to the six membered MPC for a period of 4 years. Identify the name, who is not between them? (1) Pami Dua (2) Arun Goyal (3) Chetan Ghate (4) Ravindra Dholakia (5) None of these 12. Recently, with a move for Bilateral Defence Cooperation with France, India has been signed a deal to acquired 36 Rafale Fighter Jets. Rafale Fighter Jets are manufactured by which Company in France? (1) Cessna Aircraft (2) Dassault Aviation (3) Gulfstream Aerospace (4) Embraer Aviation (5) Seattle 13. Which University topped the list in the recent released World Leading University Ranking by Times? (1) California University (2) Oxford University (3) Harvard University (4) Stanford University (5) Massachusetts University 14. Recently, World Bank appointed Junaid Ahmad as the Country Director for India. He is from ________? (1) Afghanistan (2) Tanzania (3) Bangladesh (4) Egypt (5) Turkmenistan 15. Which Country will host Inter-Ministerial International Energy Forum Summit in 2018? (1) India (2) Saudi Arabia (3) Qatar (4) Abu Dhabi (5) Turkmenistan Leading Institute for Banking, Railway & SSC B – 61 A & B, Saheed Nagar & 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar 1 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs FOR WEEK 38/52 16. Which Base Year has been fixed by the GST Council for calculating Compensations to the States for their losses due to implementation of GST with effect from 01 April 2017? (1) 2015-16 (2) 2016-17 (3) 2017-18 (4) 2010-12 (5) 2014-15 17. Name the Indian Industrialist who has been awarded with the prestigious Clinton Citizen Award for 2016? (1) Laxmi Mittal (2) Aditya Birla (3) N Ramachandran (4) Adi Godrej (5) None of these 18. Recently, Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Gas Authority of India Limited signed a memorandum of understanding for taking equity in the Dhamra LNG Terminals located in ___________? (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Maharashtra (3) Odisha (4) Tamil Nadu (5) Gujarat 19. Union Government’s think tank NITI Aayog recently devised an Action Plan to help the Indian Sports Participants to achieve 50 medals in Summer Olympics by __________? (1) 2022 (2) 2024 (3) 2018 (4) 2020 (5) None of these 20. Recently, Union Ministry has proposed to implement its flagship programme named as “Mission Parivar Vikas” to improve Family Planning Services in how many districts? (1) 164 (2) 147 (3) 158 (4) 128 (5) 145 21. World’s largest Solar Power Plant at a single location has been installed in which State/UTs? (1) Punjab (2) Gujarat (3) Rajasthan (4) Tamil Nadu (5) Andhra Pradesh 22. Who has been appointed as new Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) by the PESB? (1) B Ashok (2) Sanjay Singh (3) RK Mathur (4) RK Mishra (5) None of these 23. Who is the author of recent released book titled “Democrats and Dissenters”? (1) Arvind Panagariya (2) Ramachandra Guha (3) YV Reddy (4) Robin Sharma (5) None of these 24. Name the Feature Film that has been set to be India’s Official Entry to the Oscars in 2017 in the Foreign Language Film Category? (1) Visaaranai-Tamil (2) Madaari-Hindi (3) Pulimurugan-Malayalam (4) Kabali-Tamil (5) Pink-Hindi 25. Indra is a Joint Bilateral Annual Military Exercise between India and which Country? (1) China (2) United States (3) France (4) Japan (5) Russia 26. India and France signed Multi-Billion Euro for 36 Rafale Fighters Jets with the full Aircraft Acquisition Process to be completed within ____________? (1) 36 Months (2) 60 Months (3) 66 months (4) 54 Months (5) None of these 27. Who has been appointed as the new in-charge of Monetary Policy Committee? (1) Urjit Patel (2) Arun Goyal (3) RS Gandhi (4) SS Mundra (5) Ravindra Dholakia 28. On 20 Sep 2016, Union Urban Development Ministry released the list of 27 more cities to be developed as Smart Cities against an investment of _________? (1) Rs. 50,000 crore (2) Rs. 66,883 crore (3) Rs. 48,000 crore (4) Rs. 98,000 crore (5) Rs. 66, 388 crore 29. Recently, Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi approved the merger of Railway Budget with the General Budget. Study the following options with regards to mergers and major decisions taken by the Union Government. (A) The Merger will take effect from the Union Budget 2017-18 onwards. (B) The Special Railway Budget was started during 1924 British Era. (C) By subsuming the Railway Budget, the functional autonomy will be shifted to Finance Ministry effecting from 01 April 2017, however distinct of Identity of the Railways Ministry will be continued. (D) The merging of British Era Practice was the recommendation of Arvind Panagariya Committee on Restructuring of Railway Ministry. Identify the option/options which is/are incorrect with regards to the Merger of these two Budgets? (1) Only (B), (C) & (D) (2) Only (D) (3) Only (C) (4) Only (C) and (D) (5) None of these Leading Institute for Banking, Railway & SSC B – 61 A & B, Saheed Nagar & 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar 2 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs FOR WEEK 38/52 30. Which among the following is the Capital of Samoa? (1) Polynesia (2) Lofven (3) Apia (4) Lesnza (5) None of these 31. How much EBR has been approved by the Union Government to be raised as an additional for Infrastructure spending during the Financial Year 2016-17? (1) Rs. 31,300 crore (2) Rs. 16,300 crore (3) Rs. 17,600 crore (4) Rs. 15,000 crore (5) None of these 32. The recent proposal for Inter-State Ken-Betwa River linking Project passes through which Tiger Reserves? (1) Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserves (2) Panna Tiger Reserves (3) Dudhwa Tiger Reserves (4) Sariska Tiger Reserves (5) Buxa Tiger Reserves 33. Who has been appointed as India’s new Ambassador to Sweden? (1) Arun Kumar Singh (2) Navtej Sarna (3) Alka Sirohi (4) Monika Mohta (5) None of these 34. On which date the International Day of Peace is observed globally? (1) 17 September (2) 21 September (3) 22 September (4) 13 September (5) None of these 35. Which among the following is/are not Union Government’s Flagship Urbanisation Programme as implemented by NDA Government lead by Prime Minister Narendra Modi? (1) AMRUT (2) Smart City (3) Indira Awaas Yojana (4) Housing for All (5) None of these 36. Union Government recently cleared the Ex-Facto approval to enhance Pension for Freedom Fighter by ___? (1) 10 % (2) 25 % (3) 20 % (4) 17 % plus DA (5) None of these 37. Recently Union Government has approved the Ratification of Tax Agreement between India and ________? (1) Bangladesh (2) Palestine (3) Venezuela (4) Samoa (5) Indonesia 38. Who has been appointed as the new Secretary of BBCI? (1) Ajay Shirke (2) MSK Prasad (3) Anurag Thakur (4) Shashank Manohar (5) None of these 39.