Current Affairs based objective Questions

1) Which of the following statements is correct in context of payments made through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme in 2015-16?

a) MGNREGA payments make up more than 40% of total DBT payments.
b) Payments under PAHAL scheme make up 35% of total DBT payments.
c) Both a and b
d) Neither a nor b

2) Recently the Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull met with the Governor General and proposed a "double dissolution". Which of the following statements is correct in this regard?

a) " Double dissolution" means dissolving both the houses of parliament.
b) "Double dissolution" means dissolving both the parliament and the state assemblies.
c) Similar provision is present in the Indian constitution as well.
d) All of the above.

3) The Governor General in Australia is akin to which of the following functionaries in Indian system?

a) Governor
b) President
c) Head of the Cabinet
d) Speaker of Lok Sabha

4) Asia's first rice technology park will be set up in which of the following states?

a) Haryana
b) West Bengal
c) Punjab
d) Karnataka

5) Which of the following countries is the winner of third edition of Asian Kabaddi Championship 2016?

a) India
b) Pakistan
c) Bangladesh
c) Sri Lanka

6) Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan is related to which of the following ministries ?

a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
b) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
c) Ministry of Tribal Affairs .
d) None of the above.

7) Following the visit of Prime Minister of India to China, agreements were signed to foster cultural relationship through "sister-state" and "sister-city" arrangements. Which of the following were the part of such arrangement?

a) Karnataka and Sichuan province.
b) Chennai and Chongqing.
c) Hyderabad and Qingdao.
d) Aurangabad and Dunhuang.
e) All of the above are correct.

Answers

1) c
2) a, In case a deadlock arise in the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Australian constitution provides for a "double dissolution" wherein the government can request the Governor General to dissolve both the houses of parliament.
3) b
4) d , at Gangavati in Koppal district.
5) b
6) b
7) e