MCQS | The CPEC is the flagship project of the multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a pet project of Chinese President Xi Jinping, why is India denied to join this project?

Question :- Bihar Government launched a new scheme Satat Jivikoparjan Yojana in August 2018. The objective of this scheme is -

1.to provide unemployment allowance to youth

2. to provide employment in rural areas through local bodies

3.to provide sustainable income generating assets to extremely poor households

4.to provide free training for skill upgradation of youth

Question :- India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador TS Tirumurti, speaking in the UN General Assembly on Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council till date how many times was India elected as non-permanent member os UNSC?

1.Six times

2.Seven times

3.Eight times

4.Ten times

Question :- Jnanpith Award, one of India's highest literary award, was conceived in the year -

1.1972

2.1961

3.1957

4.1969

Question :- National Voters' Day is observed on January 25 each year to mark -

1.The foundation day of the Election Commission

2.The commencement of the first session of Constituent Assembly

3.The voting to urban local bodies in British India

4.The formation of councils in provinces

Question :- Ramsar Convention is related to -

1.Climate change

2.Pesticide pollution

3.Ozone layer depletion

4.Wetland conservation

Question :- State of Food and Agriculture 2020 report has been published by -

1.Food and Agriculture Organisation

2.UNICEF

3.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

4.M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation

Question :- State of Food and Agriculture 2020 report has been published by -

1.Food and Agriculture Organisation

2.UNICEF

3.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

4.M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation

Question :- The epicenter of Japanese encephalitis is -

1.Jammu and Kashmir

2.Jharkhand

3.Eastern Uttar Pradesh

4.Coastal Andhra Pradesh

Question :- When was Bihar established?

1.1911

2.1912

3.1913

4.1914

Question :- Where is the National Institute of Research on Jute and Fiber Technology located?

1.Haryana

2.Telangana

3.Andhra Pradesh

4.West Bengal

Question :- Which of the following facts is/ are correct about Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against women (CEDAW). I. The United Nations adopted CEDAW on December 18, 1979. II. The CEDAW has been ratified by 189 countries. III. CEDAW is a convention or Treaty which means it is part of international law and is legally binding for countries that have ratified it. IV. It addresses women's human rights. Correct code is -

1.Only I

2.Only I and IV

3.Only I, II and IV

4. I, II, III and IV all

Question :- Which of the following Indian cities is included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites?

1.Ahmedabad

2.Hyderabad

3.Murshidabad

4.Srinagar

Question :- Which of the following pairs is/ are matched correctly? I. Mahayana-They believed in an Eternal Buddha. II. Hinayana-They considered Buddha to be mortal III. Vajrayana-Tantric Buddhism Correct code is -

1.Only III

2.Only I and II

3.Only I and III

4.All I, II, III

Question :- Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

1.IIVR - Lucknow

2.IIPR - Kanpur

3.IVRI - Izatnagar

4.IGFRI - Jhansi

Question :- Which state celebrated its foundation day on March, 30, 2021?

1.Gujarat

2.Haryana

3.Rajasthan

4.Madhya Pradesh

Question :- Which state in India has the lowest literacy rate?

1.Assam

2.Kerala

3.Punjab

4.Bihar

Question :- Who was popularly known as the Lady with the Lamp?

1.Florence Nightingale

2. Queen Elizabeth

3.Indira Gandhi

4.Mother Teresa

Question :- Who was the first Chief Minister of Bihar?

1.Sri Krishna Singh

2.Satya Pal Malik

3.Nitish Kumar

4.Rabri Devi

Question :- Agriculture education day is celebrated to commemorate the anniversary of which of the following?

1.Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

3.Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishna

4. R. Venkatraman

Question :- As of January 2020, which of the following countries had not independently launched a human into space?

1.India

2.USA

3.Russia

4.China

Question :- Chinese authorities have bypassed Hong Kong's legislature to enact a national security law that prodemocracy campaigners say is aimed at cracking down on dissent in the city. What is the provision of this legislature?

1.The law is called the "NPC Decision on Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Safeguard National Security"

2.It essentially empowers the NPC to draft new national security laws for Hong Kong

3.The scope of the laws could cover any activity that "seriously endangers national security"

4.All of the above

Question :- Consider the following sentences regarding Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE). 1. CMLRE was established at Mumbai. 2. The Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE) is working under the Ministry of Earth Science. 3. The Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE) is coordinating and promoting ocean development activities in the country. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1.Only 2

2.Only 1

3.Only 2 and 3

4.Only 3

Question :- Forest Research Institute is located in -

1.Dehradun

2.Bhopal

3.New Delhi

4.Nagpur

Question :- Good Governance Day is celebrated every year in India on 25th December to mark the birth anniversary of -

1.Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India

2.Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, former Home Minister of India

3.P.V. Narsimha Rao, former Prime Minister of India

4.Dr. Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India

Question :- I have no time to think about God because a lot of work has to be done on this earth whose statement is above?

1.Swami Vivekanand

2.Swami Dayanand Saraswati

3.Swami Ramakrishna Paramhans

4.Ishwarchandra Vidhyasagar

Question :- In which year was the National Food for Work Programme launched in India?

1.2000

2.1991

3.2002

4.2004

Question :- India's 13th major port is going to be set up in which State?

1.Kerala

2.Gujarat

3.Maharashtra

4.Tamil Nadu

Question :- Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0 launched to expand immunization coverage across the country for the -

1.All children and pregnant women

2.Covid-19

3.Meningitis

4.Tuberculosis (TB)

Question :- Jurisprudence is -

1. the systematic study of nature

2.lawyer's extroversion

3. study of Government's behavior

4.None of the above

Question :- Kiribath' is a rice dish from -

1.Myanmar

2.Bhutan

3.Nepal

4.Sri Lanka

Question :- Myristica Swanp Treefrog has been traced for the first time in which state?

1.Maharashtra

2.Karnataka

3.Kerala

4.Goa

Question :- Myristica Swanp Treefrog has been traced for the first time in which state?

1.Maharashtra

2.Karnataka

3.Kerala

4.Goa

Question :- National Green Tribunal (NGT) was established by the Government of India in -

1.2007

2.2008

3.2009

4.2010

Question :- NITI in NITI Ayog stands for - 1)

1. National Integration Tribunal of India

2. National Institute for Tourism in India

3.National Index for Travel Institutions

4.National Institution for Transforming India

Question :- On the one hundred birth anniversary of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a -

1.fifty rupees coin

2.fifty rupees note

3.one hundred rupees coin

4.one hundred rupees note

Question :- Raavan Ki Khai is in -

1.Bagh Caves

2.Ajanta Caves

3.Ellora Caves

4.Junagadh Caves

Question :- Tharu Tribe in Uttar Pradesh is not found in which district -

1.Balrampur

2.Sonbhadra

3.Bahraich

4.Pilibhit

Question :- The birth anniversary of ........ is celebrated as International Nurses Day every year.

1.Florence Nightingale

2.Alice Walker

3.Clara Barton

4.Mother Teresa

Question :- The CPEC is the flagship project of the multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a pet project of Chinese President Xi Jinping, why is India denied to join this project?

1. This project passes through parts of the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh which are under illegal occupation of Pakistan

2. The connectivity initiatives is not based on universally recognised international norms

3.CPEC gives China a foothold in the western Indian Ocean with the Gwadar port, located near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, where Chinese warships and a submarine have surfaced

4.All of the above

Question :- The headquarters of National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property (NRLC) is located at -

1.New Delhi

2.Lucknow

3.Kolkata

4.Bhopal

Question :- The highest commissioned rank of Naval Services in India is -

1.Wing Commander

2.Chief Marshal

3.Admiral

4.General

Question :- The legal and Legislative Committee of Kuwait's National Assembly has approved the draft expat quota bill, which provides?

1.Indians should not exceed 15 per cent of the population of Kuwait

2.As many as 7-8 lakh Indians could be forced out of Kuwait if a new bill on expats is enacted into law

3.The bill will now be transferred to the respective committees so that a comprehensive plan is created, according to reports

4.All of the above

Question :- The main folklores of Uttar Pradesh are -

1.Darun, Awadhi, Braj

2.Karuna, Bhakti, Shaira

3.Drupad, Braj, Karuna

4.Birha, Chaiti, Dhola

Question :- The Spices Board under Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India has established a Spices Park in which city of Rajasthan -

1.Ajmer

2.Sirohi

3.Jodhpur

4.Udaipur

Question :- The State of India with the highest percentage of tribal population to its total population as per the 2011 Census is -

1.Arunachal Pradesh

2.Nagaland

3.Mizoram

4.Meghalaya

Question :- The term Glasnost and Perestroika were associated with which country?

1.Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

2.People's Republic of China

3.Germany

4.Cuba

Question :- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has included the Panna Bio-sphere Reserve in its World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR). Consider the following statements regarding Panna National Park. 1. The Panna National Park got the status of Project Tiger Reserve as India's 22nd tiger reserve in 2004. 2. It was notified as a Biosphere Reserve by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in 2011. 3. By 2018, it witnessed a remarkable turnaround in tiger population by increasing their numbers remarkably from zero estimated a decade ago. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1.Only 1 and

2. Only 1 and 2

3.Only 2 and 3

4.Only 1, 2 and 3

Question :- The US President Donald Trump has become the first President of the country to be impeached twice. What is the process of US President impeachment provision?

1.Firstly, the House of representatives of the United States has to vote for the charges framed against the president.

2. After the passage of votes with simple majority, the President is impeached. However, he is not removed from the office

3.In the next phase of the impeachment process, US Senate, that is, the upper house is convened like a court. The hearings are held and the President shall be removed from office only if two thirds of t

4.All of the above

Question :- Transhumance is practiced by -

1.Bhotias

2.Bhaksas

3.Jaunsaris

4.Tharus

Question :- Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons shall enter into force on -

1.January 1, 2021

2.January 22, 2021

3.April 1, 2021

4.January 1, 2021

Question :- What do Dr. C.V. Raman, Dr. Zakir Hussain, Satyajit Roy and Mother Teresa have in common?

1.Pulitzer Prize

2.Nobel Prize

3.Bharat Ratna

4.Magsaysay Award

Question :- What is meant by Rule of Law?

1.One act for all and one judiciary for all

2.One act for all and one State for all

3.One State for all and one judiciary for all

4.All acts for one and one judiciary for all

Question :- What is the correct chronological order of the following treaties/ conventions on climate change in ascending order? I. Paris Agreement II. Kyoto Protocol III. Montreal Protocol IV. (UNFCC) UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

1.I, II, III, IV

2. IV, III, II, I

3.III, IV, II, I

4. III, IV, I, II

Question :- What is the present name of the National Park which was established in 1931 with the aim to protect the wildlife of Karnataka and was named as Venugopal Wildlife Park?

1.Jim Corbett National Park

2.Gir National Park

3.Sundarban National Park

4.Bandipur National Park

Question :- What is the total number of rural population as per Census 2011?

1.800 million

2.850 million

3.833.5 million

4.900 million

Question :- Which country celebrates January 26, Republic Day of India, as her national day?

1.New Zealand

2.Australia

3.Mauritius

4.Indonesia

Question :- Which is the first month of Indian National Calendar?

1.Phalgun

2.Magh

3.Paush

4.Chaitra

Question :- Which of the following historical fort cities have been included in the list of UNESCO's world heritage cities under its urban landscape city programme? I. Gwalior II. Orchha III. Mandu Correct code is -

1. Only I and II

2.Only I and III

3.Only II and III

4.All I, II and III

Question :- Which of the following is an international agreement between governments that aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival?

1.CITES

2.BRICS

3.OPEC

4.GATS

Question :- Which of the following is not a principle of Panchsheel?

1.To respect mutual sovereignty and Unity

2.Not to invade another country

3.Peaceful co-existence

4.Close cooperation in the field of art and culture

Question :- Which of the following is not an All India Service?

1.Indian Information Service

2.Indian Administrative Service

3.Indian Police Service

4.Indian Forest Service

Question :- Which of the following is not an organ of United Nations Organisation?

1.The Security Council

2.World Bank

3.The Economic and Social Council

4.International Court of Justice

Question :- Which of the following is the oldest multilateral Organisation?

1.International Labour Organisation

2.League of Nations

3.World Health Organisation

4. International Court of Justice

Question :- Which of the following is world's first country to make corporate social responsibility (CSR) mandatory and a statutory obligation?

1.USA

2.Sweden

3.India

4.UK

Question :- Which of the following is world's first country to make corporate social responsibility (CSR) mandatory and a statutory obligation?

1.USA

2.Sweden

3.India

4.UK

Question :- Which one among the following is not an objective of food management in India?

1.Distribution of food grains

2.Procurement of food grains

3.Maintenance of food grains buffer stock

4.Export of food grains

Question :- Which one of the following countries of the world has the largest Indian population as on December 2018?

1.United Arab Emirates

2.Malaysia

3.United Kingdom

4.United States of America

Question :- Which one of the following films was adjudged as the Best Feature Film in the 66th National Film Awards?

1.Bulbul Can Sing

2.Hellaro

3.Badhaai Ho

4.Uri

Question :- Which one of the following is an example of a price floor ?

1.Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Jowar in India

2. Subsidy given to farmers to buy fertilisers

3.Price paid by people to buy goods from ration shops

4. Maximum Retail Price (MRP) printed on the covers/ packets of goods sold in India

Question :- Which one of the following is not a dimension of the Human Development Index?

1.A long and healthy life

2.Knowledge

3.Access to banking and other financial provisions

4.A decent standard of living

Question :- Which one of the following is not correct?

1.Jammu & Kashmir is an Union Territory

2.Ladakh is a Union Territory

3.Jammu & Kashmir is a State

4.Telangana is a State

Question :- Which one of the following is the characteristics of Good Governance?

1.Peoples Participation

2.Accountability of the Government functionaries

3.Transparency in the Public Administration

4.All of the above

Question :- Which one of the following processes is not useful for purification of solid impurities?

1.Distillation

2.Sublimation

3.Crystallization

4.All of the above

Question :- Which one of the following statements is not true about Ijarah system?

1.It was a system of revenue farming

2. It encouraged the role of middlemen.

3.Under this system, land revenue was fixed for the peasant.

4.The ijaradar paid a fixed amount to the State treasury.

Question :- Who has been selected for the Nobel Peace Prize, 2020?

1.European Union

2.World Food Programme

3.Robert B. Wilson

4.Paul R. Milgrom

Question :- Who is the mother of Mahatma Gandhi?

1.Putlibai

2.Kasturba

3.Supriya Gandhi

4.Archana Gandhi

Question :- Who said, 12 years ago, I was waiting for a black man to pick me up to go to DC so I could serve as his Vice President of the United States. Today, I will pick up a black woman to go to DC to serve as my Vice-President of the United States.

1.Joe Biden

2.Ronald Regan

3.William J. Clinton

4. George W. Bush

Question :- Who was the Education Minister in the first Cabinet of independent India?

1.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

3.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

4.Acharya Narendra Dev

Question :- Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest?

1.Karnam Malleswari

2.Reita Faria

3.Aarti Saha

4.Bachendri Pal

Question :- World Humanitarian Day is celebrated on -

1.26th June

2.17th July

3.19th August

4.27th September