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.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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.
A. Merchandise Export from India Scheme
B. Services Export from India Scheme
C. Services Import from India Scheme
D. Merchandise Import from India Scheme
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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.
A. Khelo Punjab
B. Padho Punjab
C. Padho Punjab- Khelo Punjab
D. None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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.
A. West Bengal
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Assam
D. Karnataka
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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.
A. S Srinivasan
B. Mustafa Kamal
C. David Richardson
D. Greg Chappel
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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.
A. 1st April
B. 2nd April 2015
C. 3rd April
D. 4th April
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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.
A. 43
B. 23
C. 15
D. 46
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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.
A. Gujarat
B. Assam
C. Kerala
D. Bihar
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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.
A. Odisha Diwas
B. Rajya Diwas
C. Agro Day
D. Freedom Day
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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.
A. Vijaywada
B. Vishakhapatnam
C. Amaravathi
D. Tirupathi
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ11. 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
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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.
A. Anil Kumar
B. A N Garg
C. S Radhakrishnan
D. Gulshan Rai
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: D. Gulshan Rai
Earlier this he was the Director General of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In).
A. Raahat
B. Bachaav
C. Sumitra
D. GharWapasi
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