Current Affairs Quiz Based on The Hindu: 2nd Feb
Q1. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) revised the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate for 2015-16 to ____________ from the earlier estimates of 8%.
(a) 7.8%
(b) 7.9%
(c) 8.2%
(d) 8.1%
(e) 8.3%
Q2. The Govt. has announced which Project on the lines of Operation Flood to realize agriculture potential of the country?
(a) Operation Blue Project
(b) Operation Bluemoon
(c) Operation Green Money
(d) Operation Green
(e) Operation Green Rain
Q3. India has slipped to which place on an annual Global Democracy Index according to the data compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?
(a) 34th
(b) 42nd
(c) 38th
(d) 39th
(e) 45th
Q4. The government and World Bank signed a $100 million (about Rs 6,40 crore) loan agreement to promote rural economy in selected blocks of which Indian state?
(a) Kerala
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Goa
(e) Madhya Pradesh
Q5. In the Union Budget 2018, how much amount has been allocated for the National Livelihood Mission?
(a) Rs5580 Crore
(b) Rs5750 Crore
(c) Rs5389 Crore
(d) Rs4450 Crore
(e) Rs7450 Crore
Q6. Name the officer who recently took charge as the new Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army.
(a) Lt General A K Bhatt
(b) Lt General Praveen Kumar
(c) Lt General Mahesh Rawat
(d) Lt General Prkash Chaudhary
(e) Lt General Anil Chauhan
Q7. The world’s oldest man Francisco Nunez Olivera has died just over a month after celebrating his 113th birthday. He was from ___________.
(a) Russia
(b) Greece
(c) Denmark
(d) Spain
(e) Indonesia
Q8. Ashgabat is the capital city of ___________.
(a) Uzbekistan
(b) Iran
(c) Oman
(d) Turkmenistan
(e) Nigeria
Q9. According to the data compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which among the following country is ranked the lowest on an annual Global Democracy Index?
(a) Syria
(b) Iraq
(c) North Korea
(d) Iran
(e) Pakistan
Q10. What is the name of the program initiated by the government which is responsible for water supply in around 500 cities?
(a) Nirmal Jal Yojana
(b) Amrita Program
(c) Aradhana Program
(d) Amrut Program
(e) None of the given options is true
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