National Current Affairs (NCA) Quiz 2015 Multiple Choice Question: Competitive Exam Material

National Affairs 2015

1) What is the name of the first direct container vessel from India to Qatar which arrived at Doha on 31^st March 2015 as part of a non-stop service launched to facilitate swift trade between two countries?

1) INS Bandhu

2) M.S Convent

3) INS Rakashak

4) M.S Millennium

Ans- 2

2) The Indian Govt. on 30^th March 2015 sent two ships- M.V Kawarati and M.V Coral from Kochi for Djibouti to rescue Indian standard in stife-torn

1) Yemen

2) Libya

3) Egypt

4) Somalia

Ans- 1

3) The BJP on 29^th March 2015 became the largest political party in the world with number of registered members crossing 8.8 crore figure. It overtook which party on sheer number?

1) Communist party of china

2) Likud Party

3) Labour party of Canada

4) Congress 1

Ans- 1

4) A documentary film made by British director leslee udwin about the fatal gang rape of the 23- yrs old paramedic women in New delhi in 2012 was banned in India in March 2015. What is the name of this documentary?

1)Shame

2) Daughter in Peril

3) India’s daughter

4)Daughter of the east

Ans- 3

5) The Union Govt. on 3^rd of March 2015 faced an embarrassment in the Rajya Sabha when an amendment moved by the opposition to the President address over corruption and back money was passed. This movement was passed by 

1)Anand Sharma

2) Sitaram Yechury

3)P. Rajeeve

4) Both 2 & 3

Ans- 4

6) The ECI on March 2015 launched in the National Roll Purification and Authentication Programme with the aim of bringing a totally error free and authenticated electoral roll and linking it with Aadhar card of UIDAI by

1) 15^th August 2015

2) 2^nd October 2015

3) 25^th December 2015

4) 31^st December 2015

Ans- 1

7) Foreign secretary S. Jaishankar left for his ambitious visit of SAARC countries on 1^st March 2015 and reached Bhutanese capital Thimpu. How many SAARC countries did he visit on his tour

1) Three countries

2) Five countries

3) Four countries

4) Seven countries

Ans- 3

8) The Supreme Court on 24^th March 2015 declared section 66A of the information and technology act as unconstitutional. This section gave the policy powers objectionable content online and also provided for a jail term

1) 6 years

2) 4 years

3) 2 years

4) 3 years 

 

Ans- 4

9) In order to de-congest and stream lime huge litigation which of the following bodies did the Finance Ministry in March 2015 launch the national Judicial Reference system (NJRS)?

1) Income tax department

2) Central Board of Direct tax

3) Debt recovery Appellate tribunal

4) Both 1 and 2 

Ans- 2

10) The Indian Navy recently decided to decommission its air craft carrier INS Viraat in Feb. 2016. This Navel carrier is one of the longest warships in the world. In which year was it initially commissioned in the Royal British Navy?

1) 1965

2) 1945

3) 1930

4) 1957

Ans- 4     

 

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National Topics Multiple Choice Solved Questionnaires for Bank Exam-Current Affairs 2012

 National Affairs Practice Material 

1) The Lok Sabha in September 2012 passed by voice vote amid pandemonium the North-Eastern areas(Reorganization) Amendment bill 2011 that seeks bifurcate the civil services cadre of Manipur and 

1) Assam

2) Tripura

3) Meghalaya

4) Nagaland

Ans 2

2) with a view to curbing trans border smuggling of vehicles, arms and drugs, which of the following forces recently introduced a new helpline number to alert it about any suspecious movement along a section of Indo- Nepal border?

1) Sashastra seema Bal

2) Home Guards

3) Border Security Force

4) Indo Tibetan Military Force

Ans 1

3) The Planning Commission on September 5,2012 sanctioned what amount for the upcoming conference on bio-diversity(conference of Parties) to be held in New Delhi in October 2012?

1) Rs 100 Crore

2) Rs 500 Crore

3) Rs 800 Crore

4) Rs 300 Crore

Ans  4

4) The fifth Joint Monitoring Mission(JMM) of India and the world health organization(WHO) on the Revised National Tuberculosis control programme(RNTCP) in September 2012, endorsed the National strategic Plan(NSP) for the TB control for 

1) 2012-2023

2) 2012-2015

3) 2013-2016

4) 2012-2017

Ans 4

5) At which place did Union Minister for Health and Family welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad, on September 8,2012 inaugurated India's first employees state Insurance Corporation(ESIC) medical College

1) Nasik

2) Dehradun

3) Bangalore

4) Mumbai

Ans 3

6) The Fist meeting  of the India-Saudi Arabia joint committee on Defence cooperation was held in September 2012. The foundation for a strong bilateral relationship between the two countries was laid by visits by King Abdullah to India in

1) 2006

2) 1998

3) 1993

4) 2001

Ans 1

7) India on September 11,2012 announced another tranche of aid to Palestine and promised  to back the Palestine National authority's quest for non member status at the United nations.What is the amount of this trance?

1) $ 10 million

2) $ 5 million

3) $ 8 million

4) $ 6 million

Ans 1

8) The Empowered Group of Ministers(EGoM) on drought in September 2012 decided cut the interest rate on crop loan to what percentage for one year in the notified drought affected Talukas in four states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat?

1) 12 %

2) 10 %

3) 7 %

4) 5 %

Ans 3

9) Senior most Supreme court  Judge Justice Altamas kabir was on September 13,2012 appointed the next chief Justice of India.Whom did he succeeded as the country 's 39th Chief Justice on September 29,2012?

1) S.H. Kapadia

2) S.K. Sen

3) A.R Swamy

4) P.K Mohan

Ans 1

10) The Full Planning commission chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan singh on September 15,2012 approve the 12th Plan (2012-17) draft document endorsing the scaling -down of annual average economic growth target?

1) 6.6%

2) 9.1%

3) 8.2%

4) 7.1%

Ans 3

11) Defence Minister A.K Antony in September 2012 inaugurated a coastal radar network in which city a projected envisaged after the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai?

1) Kochi

2) Tuticorin

3) Rajkot

4) Panaji

Ans 1

12) The Supreme court on September 19,2012 declined to entertain petitions seeking review of its Judgement upholding the constitutional validity of the right of children to free and compulsory education?

1) 2009

2) 2005

3) 2001

4) 2007

Ans 1

13) India in September 2012 granted Rs 23.60 million assistance for the construction of a building for Shri Mahendra Higher secondary school in 

1) Nepal

2) Mauritius

3) Maldives

4) Bihar

Ans 1

14) The Government in September 2012 notified its decision to hike the Foreign investment cap to 74 percent modernization which of the following

1) Mobile Television Service Providers

2) Cable Networks

3) Direct to Home(DTH)

4) All of the above

Ans 4

15) Sri lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on September 21,2012 laid the foundation stone for a university of Budhist and Indic studies at

1) Ujjain

2) Sanchi

3) Bodh Gaya

4) Vidisha

Ans 4

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National Current Affairs Solved MCQs for May 2012

National Affairs Latest Quiz

1) Which ministry on its meeting on 17th April 2012,decided to set up three new committee to accelerate procurements and border infrastructure projects

1) Defence Ministry

2) Railways Ministry

3) Commerce Ministry

4) Home Ministry

2) Name the Italian tourist who was released by the Maosit in orissa on 12 April 2012?

1) Bosusco Paolo

2) Joel Melchiori

3) Giacomo carr

4) Allen Carr

3) The two member Adarsh Judicial commission set up to probe in to the scam-tainted Adarsh Housing society submitted its interim report to the state Govt.  on 13th APril 2012?By which of the following bodies/entities was the committe set up?

1) Maharashtra Government

2) Union Government

3) Gujarat Government

4) Lok Sabha

4) Name the samajwadi Party MLA from Etawah in Sidhhartnagar district who was unanimously elected speaker of the 16th Uttar Pradesh Assembly on 13th April 2012

1) Arvind Prakesh

2) Sukhdev Rajbhar

3) Mata Prasad Pandey

4) Syed Ahmed Bukhari

5) MLA, N.Varadarajan, died in Chennai on 10th April 2012.Which of the following facts with regards to Varadarjan is not true?

1) N. Varadarajan was former Tamil Nadu state secretary of the CPI(M) and three time MLA.

2) He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly twice ( 1997 and 1980)

3) He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly from the Vedasandur Constituency in 1983

4) He was elected Party secretary in Tamil Nadu in 2005 and again in 2008.

6) Who among the following leaders was re-elected General Secretary of the CPI(M) for the third consecutive term at the party's 20th Congress, which took place at Kozhikode?

1) Brinda Karat

2) Prakash Karat

3) Sitaram Yechury

4) AB Bardhan

7) The Union Ministry for New and Renewable Energy(MNRE) in APril 2012 constituted an offshore wing energy committee(OWESC) under the chairmanship of secretary,MNRE, to steer the off shore wind power development in a focussed manner,especially in

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Maharashtra

3) Gujarat

4) All of the above

8) The Union Cabinet, on April 26,2012 decided to retain the voting rights in the private sector banks at 10 percent and felt it could be raised progressively to

1) 26 percent

2) 11 percent

3) 33 percent

4) 42 percent

9) NTPC in April 2012 successful the automation package for the simhadri stage-II 2 X 500 MW super thermal power project located near which of the following places--NTPC's first coastal-based coal-fired thermal power project?

1) Visakhapatnam

2) Manglore

3) Cuttack

4) Satara

10) The Union Cabinet on April 27,2012, cleared the proposal by which country to hike the gas price for an Indian fertilizer Plant in the Gulf nation to $ 1.5 per million metric British thermal unit?

1) Oman

2) Qatar

3) Kuwait

4) Saudi Arabia

11) The Union Cabinet on April 2012,gave its approval for signing a new liberal visa regime with which of the following countries paving way for easing travel restrictions and increasing people-to-people exchange?

1) Afghanistan

2) Pakistan

3) Sri Lanka

4) Bangladesh

12)  India was in April 2012 announced to host the 46th annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank(ADB) in May 2013.What is ADB based?

1) Signapore City

2) Tokyo

3) Manila

4) Jakarta

13) Global agency Moody's on April 30,2012,placed credit ratings of which of the following on watch for a possible downgrade with in three months?

1) ICICI Bank

2) HDFC Bank

3) Axis Bank

4) All of the above

14) which of the following on April 2012 became the first state to ban all Gutka Products containing tobacco or nicotine under a new Law to govern food safety standards?

1) Delhi

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Maharashtra

4) Kerala

15) The Union Govt. and which of the following along Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand on April 2,2012, signed a $ 43.84-million loan aggrement to wards the second tranche for an infrastructure development investment programme for tourism in the two states?

1) World Bank

2) Asian Development Bank

3) National Development Council

4) Inter State Council

16) The 1,200-MW Rosa Thermal Power Project of Reliance Power in Shahjahanpur district in April 2012 became fully operational with the final unit of 300 MW being commissioned on March 31,2012.In which of the state it is located?

1) Bihar

2) Haryana

3) Odisha

4) Uttar Pradesh

17) A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was Vandalized in which of the following countries on April 5,2012?

1) Afghanistan

2) Pakistn

3) Sri lanka

4) Nepal

18) Union Minister for rural Development Jairam Ramesh on April 7,2012 launched the Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellowship(PMRDF) Programme in

1) Hyderabad

2) Bhopal

3) Chennai

4) Pune

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