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F 6. Objective Current Events 2016

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501. Scorpène-class submarine project, of which secret technical literature,

manuals and other operational details, were leaked in an Australian

newspaper, was under construction in:

a) Mazagon Dock in Mumbai, a defence public sector undertaking

(DPSU), by the French company DCNS.

b) In France, by the French company DCNS.

c) In Vishakhapatnam Docks

d) In France jointly by Indian and French companies.

502. National Family and Health Survey 2015, (NFHS 4) has found that in

15 States, up to 44% of population suffers either from overweight or

underweight, or from anaemia. For women which of the following is

correct:

a) Overweight is highest in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at 51%.

b) In Meghalaya it is 24%

c) In Tamil Nadu it 45% women suffer from overweight.

d) All the three above.

503. Abnormal weight is measured by body mass index (BMI). BMI is a

measure of how much a person weighs relative to his / her height.

Which of the following is correct with respect to BMI:

a) Less than 18.5 kg per square metre is under weight,

b) Over 25 kg per square metre is overweight.

c) Bad nutrition and bad health parameters cause the both the above

conditions

d) All the three above are correct

504. BBIN stands for :

a) Bhutan, Bangladesh, India and Nepal

b) Business Benchmarking International

c) Basic Business and India

d) None of the above


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505. From September, 2016, Urjit Patel is Reserve Bank of India‟s

a) 24th governor

b) 23rd

governor

c) 25th governor

d) 22nd

governor

506. In August, 2016, the Reserve Bank of India has conveyed a new area

of concern to the Government. This is :

a) About Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small

Enterprises (CGTMSE) constituted in the year 2000. This is

India's largest credit guarantee fund for extending loans up to Rs.

1crore, without collateral and giving third party guarantee.

b) About deteriorating value of Non Performing assets with Public

Sector Banks.

c) About SIDBI.


507. Which of the following is correct about the „Special Category‟ status:

a) It is for identifying the poorest of the poor families .

b) It is for States that are most underdeveloped so that more funds

could be devolved to such States

c) It has been removed as a distinction for devolution of funds to

States, by the 14th

Finance Commission .

d) Only (b) and (c) above


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508. Which of the following are major news networks:

a) DD Bharati

b) ABC

c) CBN

d) NBC

e) All the above

509. Which of the following are major cable networks:

a) CNN

b) S-SPAN

c) Fox News

d) PBS

e) All the above

510. As in August 2016 , who among the following, is the Prime Minister of

Great Britain:

a) Theresa May

b) John Major

c) David Cameron

d) Margaret Thatcher

511. Which of the following Indian pooja / festival, are held on fixed dates:

a) Vishwakarma Pooja

b) Baisakhi

c) Lohri

d) All the three above.

512. Vishwakarma Pooja is a festival of :

a) Blue collared labourers who worship their tools on this day for

seeking the blessings of Vishwakarma, the celestial architect.


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b) All employed in factories including manage

c) All employees whether employed in factories or in offices

d) Vishwakarma is the same as the Pan Indian festival of Ayudha

Puja which is specifically for the tools of work, whether books,

musical instruments and computers as well.

513. Energy prices under Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojna are to

determined as follows:

514. States are competing to improve their „Ease of Doing Business‟

515. A ward or city can be notified as ODF if, at any point of the day, not a

single person is found to be defecating in the open. The first ten towns

to be certified under ODF category are in the states of :

a) 5 in Maharashtra, and 5 in Telangana

b) 6 in Tamil Nadu and 4 in Telangana

c) 5 in Kerala and 5 in Telangana

d) 5 in Maharashtra and 5 in Madhya Pradesh

516. A total of 141 towns in 7 states have claimed to have become Open

Defecation Free (ODF) including 100 in Maharashtra. These claims are

under verification.


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517. The progress of Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas is that a total of

974 cities and towns will eliminate Open Defecation in 2017 These

include :

a) Andhra Pradesh (all 112 urban areas),

b) Kerala (all 59),

c) Gujarat (170 of 195),

d) Uttar Pradesh (85 of 648),

e) Madhya Pradesh (68 of 364),

f) Karnataka (50 of 220),

g) Chattisgarh (42 of 166),

h) Assam (40 of 88),

i) Telangana (37 of 68),

j) Rajasthan (34 of 185),

k) Tamil Nadu (25 of 721)

l) Jammu & Kashmir (22 of 86).

518. Preventive safeguards to curb Misuse of Sedition and Defamation laws

against political critics, are to be issued by:

a) The District Magistrate

b) The High Court concerned

c) The Supreme Court of India

d) The Parliament of India

519. India‟s first and only river island District is:

a) Majuli in Assam

b) Sundarbans in Bengal

c) Mud Island in Maharashtra


520. Which of the following is included in „Horticulture Sector‟

a) All vegetables including potato, onion, tomato

b) All fruits, including plantation crops of areca nut, cashew nut, and

coconut

c) All flowers

d) All spices and honey

e) All the above.


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521. Identity for Development ( ID4D) is an initiative of:

a) UIDAI

b) World Bank Group

c) United Nations

d) Government of India

522. Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016

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523. Rules for closure of PSUs to be disinvested:

524. For employment of tribal candidates in Chhattisgarh

525. RNR in the context of GST Act 2016, stands for:

a) Revenue Neutral Rate

b) Revenue Negative Rate

c) Restructured New Rate


526. The main recommendations for taxation slabs for standard rate in GST

are as follows:


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Graphic taken From the Economic Times 05.09.2016


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527. Since 1952 -53, India has achieved over 8% growth rate only

a) In 11 years, of which 3 times for one year each, was before 1990.

b) In 12 years

c) In 13 years

d) In 9 years

528. Remaining 8 years have been after the economic reforms of 1990, from

a) 2003-04 to 2007-08

b) 2000-01 to 2007- 08

c) 1999-2000 to 2006-07

d) 2001-02 to 2009-10

529. Financial Sector Regulatory Appointments Search Committee

(FSRASC) recommends the candidate for appointment as :

a) Chairman of SEBI

b) Governor of RBI

c) Chairman of SBI

d) Chairman of NABRAD

530. The World Health Organisation recommends one doctor for every 1,000

people. India has :

a) One doctor for every 2,000 people.

b) One doctor for every 3,000 people.

c) One doctor for every 4,000 people.

d) One doctor for every 5,000 people.

531. Which of the following is associated with „Augmented Reality‟ (AR) :

a) HoloLens that creates „mixed reality‟ by using both virtual reality

and augmented reality.

b) AR superimposes digital objects over physical objects

c) The use of intelligence and data analytics

d) Virtual reality that immerses the viewer in a simulated world.

e) All the four above

532. Microsoft is the leading user of AR through the following nine cohorts


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533. In the Elections of September 2016, for the 450-seat National

Parliament, Duma, Russia‟s ruling United Russia Party has won 54. 2%

votes, that gives it a constitutional majority. This could pave the way

for President Vladimir Putin to get a fourth term as President in 2018

elections. Russia has faced the longest economic crisis under Putin's

rule.

534. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has been in office since

2005, lost the Berlin state elections in September 2016, after her

conservative Christian Democrats got a drubbing due to the wrong 2015

decision to open borders for one million refugees. The errors include a

long-standing refusal to accept Germany's transformation into a

multicultural society.

535. The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Act, 2014:

a) Has made changes in Entry 84 of List 1or the Union List of the

7th Schedule of the Constitution.

b) Has made changes in Entry 82 of List 2or the State List of the

7th Schedule of the Constitution.

c) Has made changes in Entry 85 of List 1 of the 9th Schedule of

the Constitution.


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536. Thereby limiting Central Excise Act's scope to these specified

products. the government has surrendered the power to levy excise duty

except in the case of the goods mentioned

537. The expected benefits from Goods and Services Tax would be:

538. As in August 2016, only 6 schemes are covered under Aadhaar based

Direct Benefit Transfer. The Unique Identification Authority of India

(UIDAI), has identified 20 additional areas where the number can be

mandated in the future.


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539. The World Trade Organisation has given its ruling on solar industry in

favour of USA. The Indian Industry‟s response is as per graphic below:

540.

22 Languages as per the Eight Schedule of the Constitution of India ( Article 344 (1) and 351) (Page 330 of soft copy)

1. Assamese 8. Kashmiri 15. Oriya a) Sindhi was inserted in 1967. (21st Amendment)

b) Konkani inserted in 1992. ( 71st Amendment)

c) Bodo , Dogri , Maithali, and Santhali inserted in 2003

(92nd Amendment)

1) Original List had 16 languages only.

2. Bengali 9. Konkani 16. Punjabi

3. Bodo 10. Maithili 17. Sanskrit

4. Dogri 11. Malayalam 18. Santhali

5. Gujarati 12.Manipuri 19. Sindhi

6. Hindi 13. Marathi 20. Tamil

7.Kannada 14. Nepali 21. Telugu

22. Urdu

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541. SEBI Chairman is appointed for a term of :

a) 5 years but not beyond the age of 65 years.

b) 3 years but not beyond the age of 60 years

c) 6 years but not beyond the age of 70 years

d) 6 years but not beyond the age of 65 years

542. Notes in future are to be made of polymer fibre as indicated below:

543. `Unorganised Workers Identification Number' (U Win) U-Win was

being marketed as a starting point for formulation of schemes to provide

life and disability cover, health and maternity benefits, as well as old-

age protection for workers in unorganised sector. Unorganised sector

workers, who account for over 90% of the country's total labour force,

are out of the ambit of labour regulations and most social schemes.

Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008, estimates 35 million

works to be in the unorganised sector.

544. Article 44 of the Directive Principles, enshrined in the Constitution,

sets implementation of uniform civil code as the “duty of the State.”


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545. Tribal dominated areas exist in 10 States :

a) Andhra Pradesh ,

b) Chhattisgarh, ,

c) Gujarat,

d) Himachal Pradesh,

e) Jharkhand ,

f) Orissa,

g) Madhya Pradesh,

h) Maharashtra,

i) Rajasthan,

j) Telangana.

546. In the first year of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, for houses for

economically weaker sections (EWS), states that have sanctioned the

largest number of projects are:

a) Andhra Pradesh, 1.93 lakh projects,

b) Telangana (80,481)

c) Bengal (74,880).

d) Tamil Nadu ( 197)

e) West Bengal (108)

f) Bihar (85)

547. Destinations / activities chosen by Indian Women tourists include :

a) Black water rafting in New Zealand's Waitomo Caves.

b) Shark diving in Cape Town, South Africa.

c) Learning Muay Thai boxing in Thailand.

d) Performing the world's highest bungee jump at the Macau Tower, in

Special Administrative Region of People‟s Republic of China.

548. Triple talaq refers to the Muslim community practice that allows

husbands to annul marriages by oral proclamation. This has been

challenged in the Supreme Court The All India Muslim Personal Law

Board has defended triple talaq before the Supreme Court, and has


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argued it falls under the ambit of Muslim personal law. As in

September 2016, Government is taking the view that this is a matter of

fair unfair religious practice, and therefore can be regulated. It is not a

matter of faith, which is protected under the Constitution.

549. India and France have signed a deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets, to cost

7.878 billion euros, on 23rd

September, 2016. This is the first fighter jet

deal in 20 years, equipped with state-of-the-art missiles like Meteor and

Scalp, Beyond Visual Range Meteor air-to-air missile with a range in

excess of 150 KM. The deal comes with a saving of nearly 750 million

Euros and a 50% offset clause. This means business worth at least three

billion euros for Indian companies, both big and small, and generating

hundreds of jobs in India through offsets.

550. Before Independence, the separate Railway Budget covered 85% of

national revenues . As in 2016 the Railway Budget is

a) Less than 10% of the Union Budget

b) Less than 20% of the Union Budget

c) About 15% of the Union Budget

d) About 25 % of the Union Budget

551. Indian Railways had 53,000 km of routes in 1947. From 1947 to 2016 ,

it has added only

a) 12,000 km.

b) 10,000 km

c) 15,000 km

d) 20,000 km

552. Passenger earnings per km are :

a) less than 10% of the earnings per km by Japan Railways,

b) less than 15% of the earnings per km by the Russian and German

railways,

c) a third of the earnings per km of the Chinese railways.

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