Objective General Knowledge

Q. India approved the acquisition of French advanced missile systems to arm the Mirage-2000 fighter jets.
Consider the following statements:
1. The cabinet committee on Security cleared the contract for the fire and forget MICA with French company MBDA.
2. MICA are interception and aerial combat missiles.
Choose the right option:
1 Both 1 and 2 are correct
2 Only 1 is correct
3 Only 2 is correct
4 Neither 1 nor 2 is correct
Ans: 1

Q. The Government of which of the following countries acquired 1.09 per cent stake, currently worth about Rs. 2500 crore, in Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), the company's latest shareholding data show?
1 Japan
2 Malaysia
3 Philippines
4 Singapore
Ans: 4

Q. India became free from bird flu -
1 H5N1
2 H4N1
3 H5N2
4 H3N3
Ans: 1

Q. The Board of approval (BoA) under the Commerce Ministry on January 24,2012 approved the proposal of this company to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Indore in Madhya Pradesh. Identify the company-
1 Reliance Industries
2 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
3 Hero Motors
4 Infosys
Ans: 2

Q. Which among the following statements is/are true with regard to WTO membership?
1. All WTO members automatically receive the 'most favoured nation' status.
2. Over 75% of WTO members are from developing countries. WTO membership allows them access to developed markets at the lower tariff.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1 1 only
2 2 only
3 Both 1 and 2
4 neither 1 nor 2
Ans: 3

Q. TRIPS (Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) agreement is administered by:
1 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
2 United nations Organisation (UNO)
3 World Trade Organisation (WTO)
4 World Bank (WB).
Ans: 3

Q. Consider the following statements:
1. The G20 was established in 2008 in the wake of global financial crisis led by the USA.
2. It brings together the major advanced and emerging economies to stabilise the global financial market.
3. India's stand on Mutual Assessment Process (MAP) for measuring imbalances between surplus and deficit economies in the Seoul Conference of G20 in the year 2010 was firmly endorsed by all the nations.
Which of the statements given above is/are cor
1 1, 2 and 3
2 1 and 2 only
3 2 and 3 only
4 3 only
Ans: 3

Q. India by becoming a full-fledged member of the Financial Action Task Force:
1 will be able to access information on suspect accounts in nations such as Switzerland and UK.
2 will play an important role in law enforcement matters, investigations or prosecutions of terrorist activities at an international level.
3 has become a member of Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
4 All of the above
Ans: 4

Q. Which one among the following led to the Greece economic crisis 2010?
1 Excessive borrowing from IMF
2 Sudden depreciation of Euro
3 Unrestricted spending and cheap
4 Outflow of foreign capital due to political unrest
Ans: 3


Q. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas emission as per Kyoto Protocol implies that:
1 industrial countries receive carbon credits by funding carbon saving projects in another relatively affluent nation
2 industrial countries reduce their carbon emission by using environment friendly technology in production
3 developed countries invest in carbon reduction in developing countries and receive carbon credit in return.
4 developed nations purchase carbon credit from other nations
Ans: 3
 
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