Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Apr 02, 2015

Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Apr 02, 2015


Q1. Consider the following statements about the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 unveiled on 1st Apr’15.

A. This policy focuses on boosting exports and create jobs while supporting the Centre’s Make In India' and Digital India' programs.
B. The new policy is to create architecture for the Indian economy so that it can gain global competitiveness and promote the diversification of Indian export.
C. The policy is to move towards paperless working in 24x7 environments.
D. The policy comes at a time when export growth contracted 15 per cent in February 2014-15, reporting a negative growth for the third consecutive month.

1. A & B is correct.
2. B & C is correct.
3. A B & D is correct.
4. All of the above is correct.

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ANSWER: 4. All of the above is correct.

The policy document was released by the Minister of Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi. While releasing the FTP, Mrs Sitharaman said that the new policy will support both manufacturing and service sector with special emphasis on improving the ease of doing business.



Q2. Name the two schemes introduced under the new foreign trade policy?

A. Merchandise Export from India Scheme
B. Services Export from India Scheme
C. Services Import from India Scheme
D. Merchandise Import from India Scheme

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ANSWER: A. Merchandise Export from India Scheme & B. Services Export from India Scheme.

The new trade policy introduced two new schemes; the first one is Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS) for export of specific goods to specific markets. The other, Services Export form India Scheme (SEIS) to increase the export of notified services. These two schemes will replace multiple schemes with different conditions for eligibility and usage.



Q3. Punjab has launched a special mission to provide school students a separate period for playing along with studies. Name the mission?

A. Khelo Punjab
B. Padho Punjab
C. Padho Punjab- Khelo Punjab
D. None of these

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ANSWER: C. Padho Punjab- Khelo Punjab.

Punjab has launched a special mission to provide school students a separate period for playing along with studies. Named as ‘Padho Punjab-Khedo Punjab Mission’, (Learn Punjab-Play Punjab Mission) a 40 to 50 minute special period has been kept for sports during which students of middle schools will be taught various games including the one being played locally.



Q4. Which state government on 1st Apr’15 banned the entry of Vishva Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia into the state?

A. West Bengal
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Assam
D. Karnataka

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ANSWER: A. West Bengal.

The government issued a notification in this regard under the provision of Section 144 CrPC asking district magistrates to execute it in their respective jurisdictions.



5. Name the ICC’s president whose resignation has been accepted by the International Cricket Council?

A. S Srinivasan
B. Mustafa Kamal
C. David Richardson
D. Greg Chappel

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ANSWER: B. Mustafa Kamal

He quits the position after being denied the honour of presenting the World Cup winners' trophy. On 1st Apr’15 the ICC confirmed that Mr. Mustafa Kamal has tendered his resignation as the ICC President with immediate effect.



Q6. Mahavir Jayanti is being celebrated on ____.

A. 1st April
B. 2nd April 2015
C. 3rd April
D. 4th April

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ANSWER: B. 2nd April.

The birth anniversary of 24th and last Jain Tirthankar Bhagwan Mahavir is being celebrated across the country on 2nd Apr’15. This date is as per Georgian Calendar and can shift due to a difference in Hindu and Georgian Calendar. Lord Mahavira’s birth year was 599 BCE.



Q7. The number of countries applying to be founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) rose to ____ by the 1st Apr’15 deadline.

A. 43
B. 23
C. 15
D. 46

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ANSWER: D. 46.

The AIIB is a multilateral development bank proposed by China to provide financing to infrastructure projects in the Asia region. The growing infrastructure demand in cash-strapped Asian countries will necessitate the need for more than 700 billion dollars each year by 2020. More countries are urging Washington to approve IMF quota reforms to allow a better balance of power, but previous attempts to give greater weight to rising states have stalled out of national interests.



Q8. Which state has achieved 100 percent success in implementing ambitious Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna?

A. Gujarat
B. Assam
C. Kerala
D. Bihar

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ANSWER: B. Assam.

As per the statement made by Officials of the State Bank of India, all the districts have able to open at least one bank account of every household under the scheme.



Q9. Utkala Divas celebrated on 1st April in Odisha is also known as ______.

A. Odisha Diwas
B. Rajya Diwas
C. Agro Day
D. Freedom Day

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ANSWER: A. Odisha Diwas

Utkal Divas (also known as Odisha Day, Utkal Diwas, Utkala Dibasa) is celebrated on 1st April in Odisha in the memory of the formation of the state as a separate province on 1 April 1936.



Q10. Name of the new capital of Andhra Pradesh as approved by the Cabinet of the state on 1 April 2015?

A. Vijaywada
B. Vishakhapatnam
C. Amaravathi
D. Tirupathi

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ANSWER: C. Amaravathi



Q11. Name the subsidized meal scheme meant for the urban poor launched in the Odisha state on 1st Apr’15?

A. Ann Poorak Yojana
B. Annapurna
C. Aahar
D. Anna Haq

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ANSWER: C. Aahar

Under the scheme, rice and dal curry would be served as lunch to the poor at a meager rate of Rs 5 per meal.



Q12. Who will take over as India's first Cyber Security chief w.e.f 1st Apr’15?

A. Anil Kumar
B. A N Garg
C. S Radhakrishnan
D. Gulshan Rai

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ANSWER: D. Gulshan Rai

Earlier this he was the Director General of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In).



Q13. Name the operation launched to evacuate 4000 Indian nationals from Yemen due to the civil war in the country?

A. Raahat
B. Bachaav
C. Sumitra
D. GharWapasi

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ANSWER: A. Raahat


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