Thursday 12 May 2016

Current Affairs Based Objective Questions

1) The SAARC nations led technical meeting & 4th ministerial meeting of South Asian Initiative to end Violence against Children (SAIEVAC) was held at :

a) Islamabad
b) Kabul
c) New Delhi
d) Dhaka

2) Which of the following initiatives taken by the Government of India for the protection of children has been correctly matched?

a) TrackChild -  the online system of tracking missing children in India 
b) Khoya Paaya - a citizen portal for reporting missing and found children.
c) CHILDLINE 1098- a child helpline number
d) All of the above are correct.

3) Which of the following options is/are the impacts of Climate Change?

i) Alteration in earth's wobble around its polar axis.
ii) Coral bleaching.
iii) Ocean acidification.

a) i, ii and iii
b) ii and iii
c) ii only
d) i and ii only

4) According to the recent study by NASA, the earth's spin around its polar axis is drifting east at the rate of 7inches per year. What reasons have been stated for this phenomenon?

a) Melting of ice in Greenland.
b) Gain of ice mass in eastern Antarctica.
c) Recent dry spell across Eurasia.
d) All of the above

5) Recently, India has signed the protocol amending the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with which of the following countries in order to impose capital gains tax on selling or transfer of shares of Indian companies?

a) Singapore
b) Mauritius
c) Malaysia
d) Netherland

6) Arrange the following countries in ascending order of their share in FDI equity inflow to India in last 5 years?

i) Mauritius
ii) Singapore
iii) United Kingdom
iv) Japan
v) UAE

a) i, ii, iii, iv, v
b) ii, i, iii, iv, v
c) i, ii, v, iv, iii
d) ii, i, v, iv, iii

Answers

1) c, Reference : PIB Link
2) d
3) a
4) d
5) b, The tax will be applicable from March 31,2017
6) a

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