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 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) (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

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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) (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- (3) - (4) -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

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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. In the recent released World Economic Freedom Index, 2016, India was ranked 112th Position. Which Country topped the list? (1) Singapore (2) Saudi Arabia (3) Hong Kong (4) New Zealand (5) China

40. On 20 Sep 2016, National Board for Wildlife approved India’s first Inter-State River linking Project known as Ken-Betwa Project. The Inter State Project lies between which two Indian States? (1) Uttar Pradesh – Bihar (2) Madhya Pradesh – Chhattisgarh (3) Bundelkhand – Madhya Pradesh (4) Madhya Pradesh – Bihar (5) Madhya Pradesh – Uttar Pradesh

41. Where is the headquarters of International Organisation for Migration located? (1) New York (2) Brussels (3) Morocco (4) Geneva (5) England

42. Name the city which recently hosted 2016 edition of Incredible India Tourism Investors Summit? (1) Jaipur (2) (3) New Delhi (4) (5) Bengaluru

43. In a historical move to empower Indian Air Force’s Operational capabilities, India signed an Inter- Governmental deal for 36 Rafale Fighter Jets with France against the deal amount of approximately ______? (1) Rs. 68,000 crore (2) Rs. 52,000 crore (3) Rs. 1, 28, 000 crore (4) Rs. 48000 crore (5) Rs. 59,000 crore

44. Where is the Headquarters and Secretariat of International Energy Forum located? (1) Qatar (2) Bahrain (3) Abu Dhabi (4) Dubai (5) Riyadh

45. In the Second GST Council meeting headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has fixed the Annual Threshold Turnover Limit which to be exempted from the Goods and Service Tax for North-Eastern States? (1) Rs. 20 lakh (2) Rs. 15 lakh (3) Rs. 10 lakh (4) Rs. 25 lakh (5) Rs. 5 lakh

46. Who is the author of the book titled “Citizen and Society” released recently by the President of India? (1) Vikram Samant (2) Ramachandra Guha (3) Hamid Ansari (4) Raghuram Rajan (5) None of these

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47. Recently, Indian Air Force successfully Test fired long range Air to Air, Beyond Visual Range MICA Missile. MICA Missiles are originated and developed by which Country? (1) France (2) US (3) Russia (4) Israel (5) Germany

48. Recently which Indian Company has been awarded $ 100 million contract from Vietnam to construct High Speed Vessel under the Bilateral Defence Cooperations signed between two countries? (1) Adani Group (2) Lavgan Shipyards (3) Larson and Turbo (4) Calex Marine (5) ABG Shipyard

49. Recently, which Foreign Government has announced Right Livelihood Awards that are commonly known as Alternative Nobel Prize? (1) France (2) Sweden (3) United States (4) United Kingdom (5) Philippines

50. Which among the following laureate(s) is/are not one the participants of 2016 edition of Right Livelihood Awards which was announced recently? (1) Syria Civil Defence (2) Svetlana Gannushkina (3) The World Street Journal (4) Cumhuriyet (5) Mozn Hassan & Nazra

51. On 26 Sep 2016, India created history by launching how many Satellites to two different Orbits in a Single Mission through the most advanced PSLV C35 from the Satellite Launching Station located at Sriharikota? (1) Two (2) Six (3) Three (4) Ten (5) Eight

52. Name the Satellite which was recently launched by ISRO that was developed by Students of IIT Bombay? (1) SCATSAT-1 (2) PSLV C35 (3) PISAT (4) Pratham (5) SPACESAT

53. Which Country has recently launched World’s largest Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope known as FAST? (1) Russia (2) Japan (3) China (4) USA (5) India

54. Recently, which R & D Organisation has celebrated its Platinum Jubilee? (1) ICAR (2) DRDO (3) ISRO (4) IISc (5) CSIR

55. In the recent move on the India’s ambitious Social Development Programme Swachh Bharat Mission, Union Government has set a target for Toilets in every household by ______? (1) 2022 (2) 2024 (3) 2018 (4) 2019 (5) None of these

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