National Current Affairs Quiz - October 2015

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1. _____ ruled against Income Tax Appellate Tribunal order of 3700 crore rupees as capital gain tax in Vodafone transfer pricing case. ITAT earlier ordered Vodafone to pay 3700 crore rupees to Income Tax in lieu of sale of call centre business of Vodafone to Hutchison in 2007‚­2008 ?

Gauhati High Court
Delhi High Court
Allahabad High Court
Manipur High Court
Bombay high court


2. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved World Bank assisted National Watershed Management Project _____ with total cost of $357 million in 9 States ?

Satyanchal
Neeranchal
Purvanchal
Jalavaran
None of These


3. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) established world’s highest terrestrial centre at 17,600 feet above sea level at Changla near Pengong lake in ___ ?

Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Ladakh
Punjab
None of These


4. ____ Government launched Bill Banvao, Inaam Pao scheme to encourage people to get proper bills for purchases, with prizes upto 50000 Rs ?

Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Punjab
Delhi
None of These


5. Door Darshan National to telecast a 10 episode programme ____ to make Public aware about Apprenticeship Training Scheme and its utilities in building skill across youth. ?

Skilled
Hunnarbaaz
Saksham
Swawlambans
None of These


6. Environment Ministry extended validity of Environment Clearance from 5 to ___ years to provide more time to corporations manipulate actions and activities ?

10
9
8
6
7


7. Expert Appraisal Committee of Ministry of Environment & Forest allowed to import coal with higher ash content of up to ______ from 12 % Currently to help domestic thermal power plants use bring down cost of generation ?

25 %
35 %
20 %
40 %
None of These


8. First Car‚­Free Day observed in ____ on 22 October 2015 to encourage people to use public transport instead of cars. ?

Uttar Pradesh
Haryana
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Delhi


9. Government approved formation of Group 'A' service ‚­ _____ of technical cadre of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSD&E) ?

Indian Skill DeploymentService
Indian Software Development Service
Indian Soft Skills Development Service
Intentional Skill Development Service
Indian Skill Development Service


10. Government approved Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in sports with Kazakhstan and ____ ?

Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
None of These


11. Government approved changes in Payment of Bonus Act 1965 for Industrial workers. Bonus ceiling has been increased from 3500 to ___ rupees per month. Wage ceiling for getting bonus is also increased from 10000 to 21000 rupees per month ?

6000
7000
8000
9000
None of These


12. Government approved construction of a National War Memorial _____ in memory of over 22500 Indian soldiers who sacrificed their lives post‚­independence ?

Jaipur
Ahmebadad
Ludhiana
Jabalpur
New Delhi


13. Government approved payment of Performance Related Pay (PRP) to executives of ____ and its subsidiaries. ?

SAIL
BHEL
Coal India
BEL
None of These


14. Government approved protocol amending India's Convention and Protocol with Israel and ____ for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion ?

Myanmar
Iran
Japan
Vietnam
None of These


15. Government approved protocol for cooperation in blue economy with ____ ?

China
Seychelles
Nepal
Sri Lanka
None of These


16. Government wil set up 3 new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AllMS) at Nagpur (Maharashtra), Manglagiri (Andhra Pradesh) and Kalyani (_____) under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna with cost 4949 crore.

Uttar Pradesh
Goa
West Bengal
Sikkim
None of These


17. Government of __ launched State Enterprise Architecture (e‚­Pragati) project for optimizing delivery of government services ?

Gujarat
Andhra Pradesh
Mahartashtra
Uttar Pradesh
None of These


18. Government released commemorative stamp to mark 50 years of raising of ___ ?

CRPF
Border Security Force
CISF
ITBP
None of These


19. Gurgaon (____ ) to observe every Tuesday as 'Car‚­Free Day'. Initiative to be implemented from 22 Sep 2015 onwards (World Car Free Day). ?

Punjab
Himachal Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Haryana
None of These


20. _____ announced New Licensing Policy 2015 for development of Hyper and High Potential Urban Complexes through model of Transferable Development Rights to prevent need for government to resort to compulsory acquisition of land ?

Haryana
Jharkhand
Chhattisgarh
Andhra Pradesh
None of These

21. Health and Family Welfare minsitry allowed transfer of blood from one blood bank to other in need and fixed exchange value for surplus plasma available at blood banks at ___ rupees per litre ?

1600
1800
2000
2200
None of These


22. Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Indian Police Foundation and Indian Police Institute in _____ ?

Lucknow
Delhi
Ahmedabad
Chennai
None of These


23. In first meeting of National Sagarmala Apex Committee, Government announced to spend about _____ crore rupees on development of major ports. Sagarmala project aims for development of ports along 7,500‚­km‚­long coastline to increase cargo traffic and will benefit 14 % population of India ?

50,000
25,000
35,000
70,000
None of These


24. India’s first Dolphin Community Reserve will be established in ____ to protect endangered mammal ‚­ Gangetic river dolphins. reserve would be set up in Hooghly River between Malda and Sundarbans ?

Goa
Tripura
Sikkim
Meghalaya
West Bengal


25. _____ Government and GAIL signed Agreement for creation of Natural Gas and City Gas Distribution infrastructure to assist construction of Urja Ganga Jagdishpur‚­Haldia Pipeline ?

Assam
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Goa
None of These


26. Jitendra Singh (Minister of State (IC) for Development of North East) inaugurated IMS Health Skill Development Center for youth under UDAAN program ‚­ aimed at empowering youth of ______ ?

Jammu & Kashmir
Haryana
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
None of These


27. Karnataka and ______ lifted ban on sale of Nestle's Maggi noodles after clean chit by three government‚­approved laboratories ?

Maharashtra
Gujarat
Assam
Tripura
None of These


28. ______ government launched Operation Valsalya project to reunite missing children with their family ?

Karnataka
Meghalaya
Kerala
Manipur
None of These


29. ____ Government declared drought like condition in 14708 villages of total 43000 villages (34 %) ?

Meghalaya
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Tripura
Maharashtra


30. ______ Naval Area has been divided to enhance administrative and Operational structure ?

Maharashtra and Goa
Maharashtra and Rajasthan
Maharashtra and Gujarat
Gujarat and Rajasthan
None of These


31. _______ government will impose ‘drought tax’ to raise funds to tackle drought like situations ?

GOA
Gujarat
Bihar
Maharashtra
None of These


32. Minister of State (IC) for Development of North East, _____ launched Mobile Application for Centralized Public Grievances Redress & Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) portal of Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) ?

Manohar Parrikar
Jitendra Singh
Rajnath Singh
Sushma Swaraj
None of These


33. Minister of State for AYUSH (IC) and Health and Family Welfare, Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated Dr. D. P. Rastogi Central Research Institute for Homeopathy in _____ (Uttar Pradesh). ?

Noida
Bareilly
Lucknow
Kannauj
None of These


34. Minister of State for Agriculture, Sanjeev Kumar Balyan launched KISAN [______] and Hailstorm App to use Space Technology and geoinformatics technology for improvement in Crop ?

Crop Insurance using Safe technology And geoinformatics
Crop Insurance using Scaled technology And geoinformatics
Crop Insurance using Seed technology And geoinformatics
Crop Insurance using Secure technology And geoinformatics
Crop Insurance using Space technology And geoinformatics


35. Ministry of Home Affairs introduced Central Victim Compensation Fund of Rs. ______ to support victims of various attacks ?

100 crores
200 crores
300 crores
400 crores
None of These


36. Ministry of Shipping and Directorate General of Lighthouses and proposed to develop ______ as tourism centres ?

78
88
98
108
None of These


37. Ministry of Urban Development approved first batch of AMRUT (_______ ) projects for 89 cities worth Rs.2,786 cr in AP, Gujarat and Rajasthan ?

Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transportation
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation Under Transformation
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Universal Transformation
Atal Mission for Recreation and Urban Transformation
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation


38. National Green Tribunal directed all commercial vehicles entering _____ to pay additional environmental compensation charge ?

Delhi
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
None of These


39. National Capital Goods Draft Policy 2015 by Department of Heavy Industries Aims to Increase share of capital goods contribution from 12% to _____ of manufacturing by 2025.

50% CENVAT will be allowed for manufacturers using such products as raw material ?

25 %
20%
15 %
28 %
None of These


40. _____ Government launched Amo doli healthcare programme To help pregnant women from inaccessible areas to reach nearest hospital in naxal‚­affected Rayagada district ?

West Bengal
Sikkim
Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Odisha


41. _____ police launched 'e‚­FIR' system under Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project on newly launched citizen portal www.citizenportal‚­op.gov.in ?

West Bengal
Odisha
Manipur
Mizoram
None of These


42. Government on 06‚­11‚­2015 will launch funding clearance mechanism of Rs 1,000 crores named _____, to get technical institutions to conduct research in areas where country is dependent on foreign technology ?

Ustaad
IMPRINT
Udaan
Saksham
None of These


43. PM Narendra Modi attended Foundation ceremony of Amaravathi as new capital of _____. He also laid foundation stone of Shri Venkateswara Mobile and Electronics Manufacturing Hub in Tirupati. ?

Andhra Pradesh
Telangana
Rajasthan
Haryana
Chhattisgarh


44. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated county's first solar powered district court in Khunti (____) ?

West Bengal
Chhattisgarh
Sikkim
Uttar Pradesh
Jharkhand


45. PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of fourth terminal of country’s largest container port Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in ____ ?

Delhi
Mumbai
Thiruvananthapuram
Chennai
None of These


46. Phase‚­2 of Mission ___ launched in 352 districts To immunise children and pregnant women against seven vaccine preventable diseases. ?

Indradhanush
Ustaad
Udaan
AMRUT
None of These


47. President promulgated two ordinances, one for constitution of _____ and another to amend Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996. ?

Stock Exchanges
District Courts
Consumer Courts
Session Courts
Commercial courts


48. Railway Energy Management Company on behalf of North Central Railway for the first time invited Bids for Procurement of 50 MW Power from Open Market to reduce Cost Per unit for Railways to _____ Per Unit to 6.7 rs/unit. ?

3.69
4.69
2.69
1.69
None of These


49. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu announced that ____ will establish a tunnel technology institute at Goa's Margao town. ?

North Central Railway
Konkan Railway
Western Railway
Southern Railway
None of These


50. Railways introduced Alternate Train Accommodation Scheme (_____) to provide confirmed accommodation to waitlisted passengers from 01‚­11‚­2015 ?

Sulabh
Arambh
Sahaj
Saksham
VIKALP


51. ___ Government annouced Startup Policy‚­ 2015 to help start‚­ups in state by setting 50 incubators and support around 500 innovative start‚­ups ?

Rajashthan
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Mizoram
None of These


52. ____ became first state to firm up private investments in affordable housing by signing 27 MoUs worth 12478 crore rupees under Housing for All scheme ?

Gujarat
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
Manipur
None of These


53. _____ government provided 5 % quota to Gujjars, Raibari, Banjara and Gadiya Lohar communities in educational institutes and government jobs ?

Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
None of These


54 .____ Government announced 50 % subsidy on purchase of seeds To reduce input costs for farmers. . ?

Madhya Pradesh
Delhi
Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Telangana


55. National Mission for Green India approved Annual Plans for four States ‚­ Mizoram, Manipur, Jharkhand and _____ for total cost 902 Crore Rupees. ?

Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Kerala
Assam
None of These


56. Sports Minister Sarbanand Sonowal declared assistance of 200 crore to ____ to boost sporting activities ?

Jammu and Kashmir
Assam
Sikkim
Meghalaya
None of These


57. Supreme Court allowed using ____ for central and state schemes, including MNREGA, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and EPF schemes on voluntary basis.

PAN Card
Aadhaar cards
Driving License
Voted ID Card
None of These


58. Supreme Court rejected NJAC (_____) Act and 99th Constitutional Amendment that sought to give government a final say in appointment of judges to highest courts. Collegium system will continue to be used ?

National Judicial Appointments Commission
Nodal Judicial Appointments Commission
New Judicial Appointments Commission
Native Judicial Appointments Commission
None of These


59. ___ government banned Ketoprofen non‚­steroid drug to save endangered vulture population. ?

Tamil Nadu
Kerala
Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
None of These


60. Tata Power launched LED tube light scheme in ____ for providing five lights to each household at 525 rupees per piece against market price of 1325 rupees ?

Delhi
Gujarat
Mizoram
Mumbai
None of These


61. ____ Government announced 50 % subsidy on purchase of seeds To reduce input costs for farmers. ?

Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat
Telangana
None of These


62. Two mountaineers Arjun Vajpai and Bhupesh Kumar became first to climb 6180 meter unnamed peak in Himachal’s Spiti Valley and named it in honour of former President ____ . ?

Pratibha Patil
APJ Abdul Kalam
K R Narayanan
Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
None of These


63. government announced to implement National Food Security Act 2013 in three phases with 24, 25 and 26 districts covered in respective phases. ?

Bihar
Chhatisgarh
Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh


64. Bombay High Court asked National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to study pollution of River _____ caused during Kumbh Mela at Nashik ?

Godavari
Narmada
Krishna
Ganga
None of These


65. ____ become first state to get governments approval for affordable housing projects in urban areas under Prime Ministers Awas Yojana ?

Madhya Pradesh
Assam
Manipur
Chattisgarh
None of These


66. Government increased financial assistance from Rs. 2 to _____ for emergency surgery cases under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi scheme ?

1 Lakh
2 Lakh
5 Lakh
10 Lakh
None of These


67. ___ Government announced to start 215 sub‚­stations by 2018 to improve power supply. It also launched Mhara Gaon ‚­ Jagmag Gaon scheme to provide 15 hour uninterrupted power supply in rural areas ?

Uttar Pradesh
Haryana
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
None of These


68. ____ announced to open a Sanskrit University for Schedule Castes (SCs) at Mundri village, which will be named after Maharishi Valmiki ?

Assam
Haryana
Mizoram
Manipur
None of These


69. IT Firm ____ and Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge signed agreement for provision of technology platforms and services in cloud computing for academia in Telangana . ?

Infosys
TCS
HCL
IBM
Microsoft


70. _____ government increased quota for women in government jobs from 30 to 33 %. State Cabinet also approved compensation to farmers for repaying 90 thousand rupees on a loan of one lakh rupees ?

Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Assam
Mizoram
None of These


71. Ministry of Civil Aviation released Draft National Civil Aviation Policy aimed. Policy aims to enable 30 crore domestic ticketing by 2022 and ___ by 2027. Similarly, international ticketing to increase to 20 crore by 2027 ?

50 crore
100 Crore
75 Crore
80 Crore
None of These


72. Public broadcaster ____ rated as most watched Hindi channel in terms of time spent per viewer as per Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC)'s All India viewership data including rural India ?

Star Plus
Doordarshan
Zee News
Aaj Tak
None of These


73. Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off Vigithon marathon organized by _____ in Mumbai to sensitise people for fight against corruption ?

SBI
HDFC Bank
ICICI Bank
Union Bank of India
None of These


74. Railways announced to start country's first‚­ever double decker Shatabdi Express between Mumbai and ____ ?

Gujarat
Delhi
Assam
Bangalore
Goa




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