Current Affairs Part- I
Important Facts From Yojana Solved Paper
1. Consider the following statements :
1. India's nuclear power generation is only about 1800MWagainst an installed capacityof 4120 MW.
2. The present Indo-USCivil nuclear deal is valid for 40 years and extendable by another 10 years.
3. Out of its 22 operating /under construction nuclear facilities, Indiawill place 14 under IAEA safeguard.
Which of the above statement is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) All of the above
2. Which of the following statement is incorrect?
(a) The Kyoto protocol has put in place three flexibility mechanisms to reduce emission of Green House Gases.
(b) The three mechanisms are joint implementation, Emissions Trading andClean develoment.
(c) These three mechanism are based on the premise that reduction of emissions in anypart of the globe will have the same desired effect on the atmosphere.
(d) None of the above
3. Consider the following statements :
1. The women's reservation Bill (108th Amendment) a proposed legislation to reserve 33.3% of seats in Parliament and State legislature for women.
2. In case of seats reserved for SC-ST candidates, 33.3% would have to be reserved for women.
3. The reservation of seats is proposed to be on rotation basis, which means that the 33% seats reserved in one election would lease to be reserved in the next election.
4. The provision for reservation is proposed to be in place for 15 years.
Which of the above statement are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 1 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) All of the above
4. Consider the following statements :
1. Human Development Index is composed from statistics for life expectancy, education and standard of living.
2. These were devised and launched by pakistani Economist Mahbub - ul in 1990. 3. Human Poverty Index-1 represents a multidimensional alternative to the $1.25 a day poverty measure.
4. The millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight turnaround goals that provide concrete, numerical benchmarks for tackling extreme poverty in its many dimensions. Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 4 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2, and 3 (d) All of the above
5. Which of the statement is incorrect regarding Nuclear Liability Bill 2010?
(a) The nuclear liability Bill 2010 is introduce to define nuclear incidents and nuclear damage, nuclear fuel, material and nuclear installations and also operators of nuclear installations.
(b) It creates authorities who will assess claimsand distribute compensation in case of nuclear damage.
(c) The Bill States that the total liability for nuclear incident shall not exceed the rupee equivalent of 300 million special Drawing Rights (Approximately Rs. 2100 crore at currentexchange rates.)
(d) The nuclear damage claims commission would be chaired by prime minister of India.
6. Consider the following statements regarding Common Wealth Games :
1. The Commonwealth Games are a unique, world class, multi-sport event held once every four years amongst the member countries and territories of the Commonwealth.
2. The three core value of the commonwealth games are humanity, equality and destiny.
3. The Common wealth Games Federation has 71 member nations and territories called Commonwealth Games Association which include India.
4. The Common wealth Games formerly known as the British Empire Games, were first held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada.
Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 4 (b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 3 and 4 (d) All of the above
7. Consider the following statements regarding Common wealth Games :
1. Queen's Baton Relay is first started in 1958 in Cardiff, Wales and has since then been the curtain raiser to every Common wealth Game.
2. The Queens Baton Relay 2010 Delhi started from Buckingham Palace on 29 October, 2009 and end 340 days later at the opening ceremony of the XIX commonwealth Games2010Delhi on 3 October 2010.
Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
8. Consider the following statements regarding Direct Tax Code :
1. In the Union Budget 2005-06, the Government had announced its intention to revise, simplify, rationalize and consolidate laws and procedure relating to direct taxes.
2. Direct tax include income tax, dividend distribution tax, fring benefit tax and wealth tax.
Which of the above statements is/ae correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
9. The Government has constituted a unique Identification Authority of Indian attached office under?
(a) Home Ministry
(b) Planning commission
(c) Prime Minister Office
(d) Human Resource Development Ministry
10. Consider the following statements :
1. Some 600 million Indians do not have access to electricity and about 700million Indian use biomass as their primary energy resource for cooking and ensuring life line.
2. since India is short of uranium, the first phase plants cannot exceeds 10,000MW unless imported uranium is available.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
11. The Integrated Energy policy report is bought out by?
(a) Ministry of petroleum and Natural Gas.
(b) Ministry of power.
(c) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
(d) Planning Commission.
12. Consider the following statements regarding India's Energy Security.
1. The Integrated energy policy report estimates that in an 8% GDP growth Scenario, India's total commercial energy requirmentswould be in the range of 1514mtoe (million tones of oil equivalent ) it to 1856Mtoe by 2031.
2. TERI estimates indicate an import dependency of 78%for coal, 91%for oil and 34%for gas by year 2031.
Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
13. Which of the statement is incorrect regarding Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyuti Karan Yojna (RGGVY).
(a) RGGVY was launched in 2005.
(b) It aim for electrification of about 1.15 lakh un electrified villages.
(c) To provide free electricity connection to 2.34 crore Below Poverty House hold (BPL).
(d) The target year of achieving these targets is 2015.
14. Consider the following statements :
1. Lighting a Billion lives compaign aims to bring light into the live of one billion rural people by replacing the Kerosene and Paraffin lanterns with solar lighting devices.
2. Over 1.6 billion people in theWorld lac access to electricity, roughly25% are in India alone.
Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
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