Week 3 MCQs

1. Which one of the following statements are not correct in the context of
Hilsa Fish?
I. Buying or selling of Hilsa fish weighing less than 1kg. is illegal.
II. Indian Shad will become the first fish variety in India to get legal protection.
III. It is a popular food fish in East Asia
IV. Hilsa known as Ilish, Tenualosa ilisha is a species of fish in the herring
family.
Codes:
(a) I only (b) I & II
(c) I & III (d) II & III
2. I n the context of a PIL filed by Clarence Pais former President of a Kar-
nataka Catholic Association in the apex Court, which statement(s) is/are
true?
I. The Supreme Court gives supremacy to parliamentary laws over person-
al laws of religious groups.
II. Divorce decrees of religious institutions cant override law enacted by
the state.
III. Canon laws are personal laws of Parsis
IV. Binding nature of the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 governs divorce among
Christians.
Codes:
(a) I, II & IV (b) II & III
(c) I & II (d) I, III & IV
3. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has tightened rules
for mergers and amalgamations by Indian companies:
I. To secure the interest of corporates
II. To make listing process more transparent
III. To safeguard the interests of the public shareholders
Codes:
(a) I, II & III (b) II & III
(c) None of the above (d) III only
4. Which of the following is/are true regarding National Small Savings
Fund (NSSF)?
I. Once states are excluded from NSSF investments, the investible funds of
NSSF with Government of India (GoI) will decrease.
II. NSSF loans to the State Government were cheaper as the market rates
are considerably higher.
Codes:
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
5. The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) now offers PG
Diploma in:
(a) English & Hindi (b) English, Hindi, Oriya and Urdu
(c) Hindi & Urdu (d) Hindi, Bengli, English
6.  onsider the correct basis on which Akhilesh Yadav group retained the
C
party symbol.
I. He is the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
II. He is the newly elected Party President
II. He enjoys popular support
IV. Akhilesh group enjoys overwhelming majority support both among the
legislative and organizational wing of the party.
Codes:
(a) I & IV (b) II only
(c) I, II & III (d) IV
7.  ccording to Global Talent Index, India slipped from its position mainly
A
because of:
(a) It does not have a large talent pool
(b) It has tightened VISA policy
(c) Due to its failure in retaining and attracting talent
(d) India boosts performance in its regulatory and market area
8.  he CEPI has officially launched at 2017 World Economic Forum
T
(WEF) to create new vaccines for emerging infectious diseases. What
does CEPI stand for?
(a) Coalition for Epidemic Preacher Innovations
(b) Coalition for Epidemic Preparative Innovations
(c) Coalition for Epidemic Practicable Innovations
(d) Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
9. Inclusive Development Index (IDI) released in:
(a) World Economic Forums (WEF)
(b) Global Economic Outlook
(c) Global Competitiveness Report
(d) Geneva Reports on the World Economy
10. Oxfam focuses on:
(a) Alleviation of global poverty
(b) Gender disparity
(c) Educational equality (d) Skill building
11. Who is the winner of the 2017 Parsvnath Delhi International Chess
tournament?
(a) Farrukh Amonatov (b) R A Pradeep Kumar
(c) Dzhumaev Marat (d) Diptayan Ghosh
12. Who has been appointed as the new President of the European Parliament
on January 17, 2017?
(a) Sergio Mattarella (b) Petro Poroshenko
(c) Franois Hollande (d) Antonio Tajani
13. D
 onald John Trump has been sworn in as the ______ President of United
States of America.
(a) 42 (b) 47
(c) 45 (d) 49
14. A
 lok Kumar Verma was appointed as the Director of Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI). With reference to it, consider the following statements.
I Alok Verma is currently the Police Commissioner of Delhi.
II He succeeded Rakesh Asthana and will have a term of three years.
III Alok will be the 27th Director (including two acting chief) of CBI.
Choose the correct option
(a) Only II (b) Only III
(c) I and III (d) I and II
15. Consider the following statements regarding Poet Jacob Polley:
I. Jacob Polley was born in Carlisle, Cumbria, in 1975.
II. He is the author of four collections of poetry, The Brink (2003), Little
Gods(2006), The Havocs (2012), and Jackself (2016).
III. Jacob Polleys The Havocs wins 2016 T.S. Eliot prize
Choose the correct option
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(c) 1 and 2 (d) 1 and 3
16. Recently, which country withdrew its visa-free facility for Indians?
(a) Hong Kong (b) China
(c) Sri Lanka (d) Thailand
17. W
 hich of the following warships has become the Indias first-ever
warship to have ATM on board?
(a) INS Vikramaditya (b) INS Sindhughosh
(c) INS Arihant (d) INS Viraat
18. Who is the newly appointed director of the CBI?
(a) Jagdish Singh Khehar
(b) Anil Sinha
(c) Rakesh Asthana
(d) Alok Verma
19. Consider the following statements in context of the annual conference
Raisina Dialogue.
A. The 3rd edition of Ministry of External Affairs annual conference Raisina
Dialogue has been held at Taj Palace in New Delhi from 17-19 January, 2017
with the theme The New Normal: Multilateralism in a multipolar world.
B. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and addressed the opening ses-
sion of the Dialogue, which is Indias flagship geo-political conference.
C. The conference was attended by delegates from 75 countries.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) A & B (b) B only
(c) B & C (d) None of them
20. Consider the following statements.
A. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will set a record when it launches
203 satellites in one go on a single rocket in the first week of March.
B. In June last year, ISRO launched 20 satellites in one go.
C. The satellites will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in
Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) A & B (b) B only
(c) B & C (d) None of them
 Answers & Explanations
1. ( c) As per option (c) the first statement is wrong because the weight limit
should be not less than 500 grams. East Asia comprises countries like, Chi-
na, Hong Kong, and Macao; Mongolia and Taiwan; North and South Korea;
and Japan. Therefore statement III is wrong as we are taking about India and
Bangladesh. Option (b) is totally ruled out.
2. (a) Cannon laws are the personal laws of Christians. Other three options are
correct and therefore option (a) is the right pick.
3. (b) SEBI has tightened rules for mergers and amalgamations by Indian com-
panies in a bid to safeguard the interests of the public shareholders. The mar-
ket regulator amended rules in an effort to make listing process more trans-
parent and ensure wider public holding, prevent mergers of large unlisted
firms with small ones. Therefore option (b) is correct. Securing the interest
of corporates is not the aim of SEBI.
4. (d) Increased availability of the NSSF loan to Gol may reduce the Gols mar-
ket borrowings. The States will however, see an increase in market borrow-
ings. Implementing the decision to exclude states from NSSF investments
and extending the loan will entail no additional cost. Instead a reduction in
the food subsidy bill of the Gol is anticipated. Therefore option (d) is the cor-
rect choice because both the statements are negative.
5. (b) IIMC launched a full-fledged postgraduate diploma course in the Urdu
language journalism from January 17, 2017. Earlier the institute offered PG
Diploma courses in English, Hindi, and Oriya languages. Therefore option
(b) is the only correct answer.
6. (d) As per the constitutional observation of the Election Commission of In-
dia Akhilesh group enjoys overwhelming majority support both among the
legislative and organizational wing of the party and therefore option (d) is
correct. Other options are not valid according to the constitutional provision.
7. (c) It is mentioned in the report that India has slipped due to its failure in
retaining and attracting talent. The problem will not be resolved unless India
focuses on improving it regulatory and market conditions. Therefore option
(c) is correct while other options are negatively presented.
8. (d) The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has official-
ly launched at 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) to create new vaccines
for emerging infectious diseases. Other options are not the correct acronym.
9. ( a) Inclusive Development Index (IDI) released in World Economic Forum
(WEF) is based on 12 performance indicators and countries are ranked on
IDI scores based on a scale of 1-7.
10 (a) It is mentioned that Oxfam is an international confederation of charitable
organizations focused on the alleviation of global poverty. Therefore option
(a) is correct. Other options are not related with Oxfam.
11. ( a) Tajikistans chess player Grandmaster (GM) Farrukh Amonatov won the
15th Parsvnath Delhi International Chess tournament on January 16, 2017.
The player scored 8.5 points out of 10 to win after a draw with the Indian
counterpart GM Diptayan Ghosh in the 10th and final round who scored 8 to
be placed at second position.
12. (d) Italian Political Leader Antonio Tajani has been elected as the new presi-
dent of the European Parliament on January 17, 2017 in Strasbourg, France.
He will replace Germanys Martin Schulz. 63-year-old, member of the Eu-
ropean Peoples Party, Tajani won 351 votes to defeat his Italian counterpart
Gianni Pitella against 282 votes in four rounds of voting.
13. (c) Donald Trump took the office as the 45th President of United States of Amer-
ica on January 20, 2017. He has replaced Barack Obama. Trump won the gener-
al election on November 8, 2016, against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. At
age 70, he has become the oldest and wealthiest person to assume the presiden-
cy and the first president without prior military or governmental service.
14. ( c) Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma was appointed as the Di-
rector of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He succeeded Rakesh Ast-
hana. He will be the 27th Director (including two acting chief) of Indias
premier probe agency and will have a fixed two-year tenure. His name was
cleared by the three-member selection panel headed by Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India dagdish Singh Khehar and
Congress leader in Lok Sabah Mallikarjun Kharge as members.
15. (c) Statement 3 is wrong as Jacob Polleys Jackself wins 2016 T.S. Eliot prize.
16. (a) In a setback to Indian travellers, Hong Kong, a special administrative re-
gion of China, has withdrawn the visa-free facility for Indians who will have
to now complete a pre-arrival registration. A notice on the Indian Consulate
in Hong Kong said Indian passport holders without the Pre-Arrival Registra-
tion Slip, except those belonging to any of the exempted categories, would
not be allowed to board a conveyance bound for Hong Kong.
17. 
(a) INS Vikramaditya, the largest warship and latest aircraft carrier of the In-
dian Navy, has become the Indias first-ever warship to have ATM on board.
18. 
(d) Delhi Police commissioner Alok Kumar Verma, a 1979 batch Indian Po-
lice Service officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Terri-
tory (AGMUT) cadre, has been appointed the director of the Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI). Verma will take over from interim director Rakesh
Asthana, who was handed the reins of the investigating agency after former
director Anil Sinha retired on December 2.
19. 
(b) The second edition of Raisina Dialogue was held from January 19-21,
2017. It was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi, with 69 nations partici-
pating. More than 250 representatives of 65 nations are participating in the
second Raisina Dialogue. With a theme of New Normal: Multi-lateralism
with Multi-Polarity, the meet was focussed on deliberate on strategic is-
sues including new challenges and cyber security.
20. ( c) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will set a record when it
launches 103 satellites in one go on a single rocket in the first week of Feb-
ruary.