SAMVEG IAS’30Day Plan for UKPCS Prelims2016 test (Day22);current affairs

SAMVEG IAS’30Day Plan for UKPCS Prelims2016 test (Day22);current affairs

 
Question1: In the recently concluded Rio Olympics-2016, which of the following player has scored the most individual medals?
(a) Usain Bolt
(b) Michael Phelps
(c) Rafaela Silva
(d) Katie Ledecky
 
Q2 Consider following fact about Rio olympic held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 August to 21 August 2016.
1)The 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan.
2)Indian bagged a total of two medals, one silver and one bronze,
3)P V Sindhu won historic silver medal in badminton event. became the first Indian woman to clinch a silver medal in Olympics.
 
4)Wrestler Sakshi Malik secured a bronze in the 58 kg category to become India’s first female wrestler to win an Olympic medal.
 
Correct ans
a)1.2.3
b)1,24
c)2,3,4
d)all
 
Question3: Recently the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear plant (2×1000 mw) was dedicated to thenation jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin through video conferencing. The project is located in which of the following state?
(a)Gujarat
(b)Tamil Nadu
(c)Karnataka
(d)Kerala
Question4: Recently S. R Nathan passed away. He was the former president of which of the following country?
(a) Thailand
(b) Singapore
(c) Combodia
(d) Mauritius
 
Question5: Recently who has been appointed as the 24th Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
(a) Kaushik Basu
(b) Rakesh Jain
(c) Arvind Subramanian
(d) Dr. Urjit Patel
 
Question6: Who among the following has not been awarded with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2016?
(a) P.V.Sindhu (b) Jitu Rai
(c) Sakshi Malik
(d) Pankaj Advani
 
Question7: The 11-member committee formed with the aim to discourage cash transactions asked to suggest steps to promote card payments through incentives liketax rebates and cash back schemes is headed by-
(a) Dr. Urjit Patel
(b) Ratan P W atal
(c) Kaushik Basu
(d) Arvind Subramanian
 
Question 8: Recently the Successful Flight Testing of ISRO’s Scramjet Engine Technology Demonstrator (realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System was successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.) was held on-
(a) 28 August 2016 (b) 19 August 2016
(c) 26 August 2016 (d) 27 August 2016
 
Question 9: According to which of the following institution Uttarakhand has emerged as the top state in the country in terms of growth in the industry and service sectors in the last ten years between 2004-05 and 2014-15?
(a) Assocham
(b) FICCI
(c) CII
(d) None of the above
 
Question 10: In the new Sustainable Development Goal Index released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung, India is ranked-
(a) 106th
(b) 108th
(c) 99th
(d) 110th
solution
1B
2D
3B
4B
5D
6D
7B
8A
9A
10D