Current Affairs Question Paper

Civil Service Club
October 25, 2009

1. The variant of Prithvi II developed for the Navy is known as:
a. Shaurya c. Dhanush
b. Gauri d. Swan
2. i. Andhra Pradesh won the bid for oil and gas exploration in K.G. Basin through New Exploration Licencing Policy (NELP)
ii. It became the second state in the country after Gujarat to bid for oil and gas blocks through NELP.
Which is true:
a. only i c. Only ii
b. both d. None
3. Match:
A. Jack Szostak 1. Economics
B. Oliver Williamson 2. Physics
C. Willard Boyle 3. Medicine
D. Thomas Steitz 4. Chemistry
A. B. C. D.
a. 1 4 3 2
b. 3 1 2 4
c. 1 3 4 2
d. 4 1 2 3
4. Swati Piramal is related to:
a. Chess c. Social Activism
b. Commerce d. Performing arts
5. Cry1AC is:
a. Natural gas field in Siberia named after c. U.S. Patent Code
b. a variety of Bt Brinjal d. Iranian offshore gas field
6. Indian Institute of Vegetable Research is located at:
a. Varanasi, U.P. b. Jalandhar, Punjab
c. Rewari, Haryana d. Aurangabad, Bihar
7. Which of the following countries haven’t signed civilian nuclear pact with India yet:
a. Namibia c. Mongolia
b. Kazakhstan d. Azerbaijan
8. Ms. C.B. Muthamma died recently is famous for being:
a. First Jnanpeeth awardee in Telugu literature.
b. India’s first woman career diplomat.
c. Pioneer of spreading Hindi literature in South India.
d. First woman director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.
9. Platinum II is:
a. G.M. variety of Basmati Rice c. Indo-US joing naval exercise
b. a U.S. ship d. Web browser of Apple technologies
10. Which of the following is not a member of SCO:
a. Tajikistan c. Kyrgyzstan
b. Kazakhstan d. Turkmenistan
11. The ninth session of Indo-Russian Inter Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRGI-MTC) resulted in:
i. A 10-year military technical programme during 2011-2020.
ii. Signing an agreement on After Sales Product Support.
iii. Agreement on price mechanism for the Admiral Gorshkov.
iv. New Projects such as fifth generation fighter aircraft, multirole transport aircraft & helicopters et al.
Which is/are true:
a. i, ii, iv c. i, iv
b. i, iii, iv d. All
12. Which is true about E-Shakti programme:
a. It is a scheme of Rajasthan Govt.
b. It aims to empower women by spreading technological awareness among them.
c. It is provides exposure to Information & Communication Technology (ICT) for women panchayat member.
d. It is dedicated to NREGS for rooting out corruption.
13. The newly elected non-permanent members of UNSC don’t include:
a. Brazil c. Nigeria
b. Croatia d. Bosnia
14. Currently Chairman of ISRO is:
a. G. Madhavan Nair c. Raja Rajaratnam
b. Ananth Krishnan d. Milind Pathak
15. Which is true:
i. ALBA is a nine member Leftist Block in Latin America convened by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
ii. They have proposed a new regional currency named ‘sucre’ for intra-regional trade to replace dollar.
iii. It would be rolled out beginning in 2010 in a non-paper form.
a. Only i, ii c. only ii, iii
b. Only i, iii d. all
16. The winner of under-20 World Cup football is:
a. Ghana c. Brazil
b. Columbia d. Italy
17. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs decided to divest 5% stake in which Navratna company:
a. BHEL c. IOC
b. NTPC d. PGCIL
18. The new base year for WPI based inflation has been decided as:
a. 2000-01 c. 2002-03
b. 2003-04 d. 2004-05
19. The island of Girifushi is a part of:
a. Indonesia c. Maldives
b. Vanuatu d. Japan
20. Which is not true:
i. National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is a unique PPP enterprise.
ii. It has been mandated to skill 30% of the overall target of 500 milllion people by the year 2022.
iii. It has been formed as a 51:49 shareholding venture between the government and the private sector.
iv. M.V. Subbiah is the first chairman of the NSDC.
a. Only ii c. only iv
b. Only iii d. none
21. Which is true:
i. Susilo Bombang Yudhoyono elected for second 5 year term as Indonesian President.
ii. He’s Indonesia’s first directly elected President.
a. Only i c. only ii
b. None d. Both

22. Which is incorrect match:
a. Prakash Raj - Kancheevaram
b. Adoor Gopalakrishnan - Naalu Pennungal
c. Priyadarshan - Tingya
d. Umashree - Gulabi Talkies

23. First World Pneumonia Day has been decided as:
a. October 27 c. October 19
b. November 2 d. November
24. The latest Operating System launched by Microsoft is:
a. Vista Ultra c. Windows 7
b. Windows 2009 d. Windows XP Professional
25. Rajaji National Park is situated in:
a. Uttar Pradesh c. Uttarakhand
b. Haryana d. Rajasthan

Question Paper Prepared By Vinay Mishra

Indian Economy 11 Oct 2009

Civil services club
SVL, 10oct 2009

1) Which is wrong about market price mechanism:-
a) Basic structure should be control by the govt. b) Key structure should be free.
c) Having PPP mechanism. d)a and c
2) Rate of deceleration is:-
A) Production growth rate b) growth production
c) Growth rate (+) production d) growth (-) production
3) True about OCI:-
a) Enjoy all fundamental rights of 2 countries. b) Real and economical activity.
c) OCI for every nation. d) Same as PIO.
4) Which one is not part of human poverty index-1:-
A) Real income. b) Health. c) Awareness. D) Education.
5) Chronological order for these:-
A) Pradhan mantri rozgar yojana. b) Swaran jayanti gramin swarozgar yojana.
c) Sampoorana gramin rozgar yojana. D) Swarn jayanti shahri rozgar yojana.
6) Following is correct about CST:-
a) Central sales tax is imposed by the center but collected by the selling states.
b) Imposed, collected and appropriated by the centre.
c) It is imposed and collected by the center and proceeds are shared with states.
d) It is imposed, collected and appropriated by the selling states.
7) Tobin tax proposed by James Tobin is a tax on:-
I) FDI ii) foreign portfolio investment iii) NRI deposits
A) i and ii b)ii c)i, ii, iii d)ii and iii
8) True for RBI:-
I) acts a banker’s bank
ii) Acts as a controller of capital issues
iii) Issues currency notes of various denominators
iv) Act as a lender of the last resort for the sick industrial units
a)i,ii and iii b)i and iii c)i and iv d)iii and iv
9) Privatization of insurance sector was recommended by:-
a) Rangarajan committee b)kelkar committee
c) Malhotra committee d) tendulakar committee
10) Which of the following formulates fiscal policy:-
A) RBI b) SEBI c) finance ministry d) planning commission
11) Cheap money policy is adopted during:-
A) Inflation b) recession c) boom d) hyper inflation
12) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I List II
A. WTO 1. Provide loans to address short term balance of payment
Problems
B. IDA 2. Multilateral trade negotiation body
C. IMF 3. Sanction of soft loan
D. IBRD 4. Facilitating lending and borrowing for reconstruction and
Development.

A B C D
a). 2 3 1 4
b). 2 3 4 1
c). 3 2 4 1
d). 3 2 1 4
13) Misery index is:-
A) Unemployment and illiteracy rate b) unemployment, illiteracy and inflation rate
c) Illiteracy and LEB d) unemployment and inflation rate
14) Participatory notes are associated with:-
a) Consolidated funds of India. b) Foreign institutional investors
c) UNDP d) disinvestment
15)i)the agreement on SAFTA came into effect from 1st dec 2005.
ii) As per SAFTA agreement terms, india, PAK and srilanka have to decrease their custom duties to the level of 0 to 5% by the year2013.
A) ii only b)i only c) both i & ii d) neither i nor ii
16) Which of the following items does not fall under revenue expenditure account of union budget:-
a) Interest payment b) loan repayment
c) Subsidies d) grants to state
17)The Ex-officio Secretary of NDC is:-
(a)Secretary of Finance Ministry (b)General Secretary of Lok Sabha
(c)Secretary of Planning Commission d) Vice Chairman of Planning Commission
18) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I List II
A. First Plan 1. Rapid industrialization
B. Second plan 2. Community development program
C. Third plan 3. Expansion of basic industries
D. forth plans 4. Minimum Needs program
E. Fifth plan 5. Achievement of self reliance and growth with stability

A B C D E
a). 1 2 3 4 5
b). 2 1 3 5 4
c). 2 1 3 4 5
d). 2 1 4 5 3
19) Which 1 is not the part of revenue to the village panchayat:-
a) Land b) vehicle c) property d) home
20)12th finance commission has recommended raising of states shares in central taxes to:-
a) 29.5 b) 30.5 c) 31.5 d) 34.5
21) Micro finance implies:-
a) Finance provided to self-help groups for poverty alleviation
b) Finance provide to individual who are handicapped
c) Finance provided in installments
d) Finance provided to small industries
22)sagarmala is a name associated with:-
A) A drilling vessel b)a project of port development
C) Oil well in Indian Ocean d) none of the above
23) Economic planning is in:-
A) Union list b) state list c) concurrent list d) none
24) Insider trading is related to:-
a) Money market b) tax market c) share structure d) insurance business

25) Why under develop nations are under develop because of high shares of agriculture practice?
26)Poverty alleviation prog in India and it’s status.

Indian Economy 1

Civil Services Club

27 September 2009

Indian Economy

1. What is ‘Stagflation’?
(A) Inflation with growth
(B) Deflation with growth
(C) Inflation after deflations
(D) Inflation with depression

2. Which committee was constituted for reforms in tax-structure?
(A) Narsimham Committee
(B) Chelliah Committee
(C) Gadgil Committee
(D) Kelkar Committee

3. Narsimham Committee was related to—
(A) High Education Reforms
(B) Tax Structure Reforms
(C) Banking Structure Reforms
(D) Planning Implementation Reforms

4. One major proposal of New Industrial Policy (1991) was—
(A) NRIs will not be allowed for capital investment in India
(B) All types of industries have been made license free
(C) Import restrictions of technical know-how for one year
(D) Facility of direct foreign investment upto 51% in high priority industries

5. Which of the following committee is at present working on ‘future trading’ effect on retail and wholesale prices of agriculture products ?
(A) Tendulkar Committee
(B) Abhijit Sen Committee
(C) Rakesh Mohan Committee

6. What is ‘Super 301’ ?
(A) A name of modern computer
(B) A new variety of rice
(C) American trade law
(D) American treatment name for Aids

7. Plan expenditure in India is met by—
(A) Internal debt and other resources
(B) Assistance from Aid India Club
(C) Assistance from IMF
(D) Assistance from OECD countries

8. National Income in India is estimated by—
(A) Planning Commission
(B) Finance Commission
(C) Indian Statistical Institute
(D) Central Statistical Organization

9. What is a ‘Dumping’?
(A) exporting a good at a price lower than its price in the domestic market
(B) exporting a good at a price equal to its price in the domestic market
(C) Importing a good at a price lower than its price in the domestic market
(D)None of these

10. Scheduled Bank is that bank which is—
(A) Nationalised
(B) Not nationalised
(C) Based at foreign country
(D) Included in the second schedule of RBI

11. TRIPS—‘Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights’ and TRIMS–‘Trade Related Investment Measures’ are associated with—
(A) Preston Proposal
(B) Dunkel Proposal
(C) Chelliah Committee
(D) None of these

12. Which is true for Finance Commission?
(A) It is a quasi judicial body
(B) It is constituted under article 280 of the Constitution
(C) Dr. Vijay Kelkar is Chairman of 13th Finance Commission
(D) All of these

13. Which sector constitutes the maximum share in National Income of India?
(A) Primary
(B) Secondary
(C) Tertiary
(D) All the above have equal share

14. Which of the following is not helpful in controlling money supply?
(A) Free Market Policy
(B) CRR
(C) Bank Rate
(D) Change in margin requirement

15. Fiscal Deficit means—
(A) Excess of total expenditure over total receipts
(B)Excess of revenue expenditure over revenue receipts
(C)Excess of total expenditure over total receipts less borrowings
(D) Excess of total expenditure over total receipts less borrowings and interest payments

16. Dunkel Draft was—
(A) Associated with Uruguay round
(B) Related to atomic treaty among nations
(C) Related to Super 301
(D) Related to promoting drugs trade

17. Shankerlal Guru Committee was associated with—
(A) Agricultural Marketing
(B) Agriculture Production
(C) Public Distribution System
(D) None of these

18. The Ex-officio Secretary of NDC is—
(A) Secretary of Finance Ministry
(B) General Secretary of Lok Sabha
(C) Secretary of Planning Commission
(D) Vice Chairman of Planning Commission

19. Which statement is correct for Indian Planning Commission ?
(A) It is not defined in Indian Constitution
(B) Members and Vice-Chairman of it do not have fixed working duration
(C) Members do not require any minimum education
(D) All of these

20. The base year of present Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Urban Non-Manual Employees (CPI—UNME) is—
(A) 1980-81
(B) 1981-82
(C) 1982-83
(D) 1984-85

21. The aim of Differentiated Interest Scheme was to provide concessional loans to—
(A) Weaker Section of Society
(B) Public Sector Industries
(C) Public Limited Companies
(D) Big Exporters

22. The process of budget making after re-evaluating every item of expenditure in every financial year is known as—
(A) Performance Budgeting
(B) Deficit Budgeting
(C) Zero Based Budgeting
(D) Fresh Budgeting

23. The prices at which the govt. purchases food grains for maintaining the public distribution system and for building up buffer-stocks is known as—
(A) Minimum support price
(B) Procurement price
(C) Issue price
(D) Ceiling price

24. What is inflation? How does fiscal deficit lead to higher inflation? (Min50 words)

25. What measures are required to curb the prevailing situation of consistently falling official rate of general inflation, and soaring prices of food grains? (Min50 words)

C S Club Economy Paper

1. SDR is the currency of IMF which is in the form of—
(A) Paper currency
(B) Gold
(C) Silver and gold both
(D) Book-keeping entry only

2. ‘The difference between export and import of commodities—
(A)Balance of payment
(B) Balance of trade

(C) Export plus

(D) Foreign trade plus

3. Credit creation increases—
(A)Real national income
(B) Supply of money

(C) Balance of payment

(D)Real wealth of currency

4. Janakiraman Committee was constituted with the aim—
(A) To suggest measures to raise Post Office deposits
(B) To suggest reforms in banking structure
(C) To investigate the malpractices of industrial finance
D) To investigate the security transactions of the bank

5. Consider the following statements—
(A)WTO rules envisage non –discrimination in the form of national Treatment and other WTO members
(B)Most favored Nation treatment principle ensures that members do not discriminate among various WTO members not only in their tariff regimes but also in respect of various other rules,regulations,incentives etc.
(C)In case of disputes between members cases can be filed under dispute settlement mechanism of WTO

A) 1,2 are correct (B)1,2,3 are correct (C)Only 1 is correct D)only2 is correct

6 Rolling Plan was made for the period—
(A) 1971 to 1978
(B) 1980 to 1985
(C) 1978 to 1983
(D) 1992 to 1997

7 SEBI is a—
(A) Statutory body
(B) Advisory body
(C) Constitutional body
(D) Non-statutory body

8.Tarapore Committee submitted its report on “Full Convertibility on Rupee” in—
(A) Current account
(B) Capital account
(C) Both in current as well as in capital account
(D) Special Drawing Rights (SDR)

9. Which Indian plan ensured high growth rate as compared with targeted growth rate ?
(A) Fifth Plan
(B) Fourth Plan
(C) Second Plan
(D) Eighth Plan

10. Which is true for existing Economic and Industrial Policies of Indian Govt.?
(1) FERA was abolished
(2) MRTP was abolished
(3) Cash compensatory support for exports was abolished
(4) Industrial licensing (except a few goods) was abolished
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) 1, 3 and 4
(C) only 3 and 4
(D) only 2 and 3

11. The government is planning to establish ‘Price Stabilization Fund’ to check the price fluctuation of a few crops. These crops are—
1. Tea
2. Tobacco
3. Coffee
4. Rubber
select the right answer from the following groups—
(A) Only 1 and 3
(B) Only 1, 2 and 3
(C) Only 1, 3 and 4
(D) All 1, 2, 3 and 4

12. Which one of the following statement is correct ?
(A) FERA was replaced by FEMA in the year 2001
(B)FERA was given a sunset clause of one year till may 31,2002 to enable enforcement directorate to complete the investigation of pending issues.
(C)under FEMA violation of foreign exchange rules has ceased to be a criminal offence.
(D) As per the new dispensation enforcement directorate can arrest and prosecute the people for the violation of foreign exchange rules.

13. Main function of IMF ?
(A)Arrange international deposits from banks
(B)Help to solve balance of payments problems of member countries.
(C)Act as a privet sector lending arm of the world bank.
(D) Finance investment loans to developing countries..

14. Which one of the following is correct

FRBM Act concerns

a)Fiscal deficit

b) revenue deficit

c)primary and fiscal deficit

d)fiscal and revenue deficit

15.‘Golden Handshake Scheme’ is associated with—
(A) Inviting foreign companies
(B) Private investment in public enterprises
(C) Establishing joint enterprises
(D) Voluntary retirement

16. Compare the content and context of the Nehru-Mahalanobis and Rao Man Mohan models of Economic Growth

17. What is SEZ ? Discuss the Problems associated with setting up of SEZ in India.

Question Paper of C S Club

CIVIL SERVICES CLUB

04.10.09

Current Affairs

1. (Persons) - (Countries associated)

1. Capt. Camara - Fiji

2. Bainimarama - Guinea

3. Robert Zelaya - Honduras

Which of the above is/ are mismatched

a. 1,2 b.2,only c.3,1 d. all

2. Read the following statements.

1. China is celebrating its 60^th anniversary celebration to mark the beginning of Qing Dynasty in 1949.

2. Gandhi and Tagore are the two Indians among 60 persons in the list of foreigners’ who shaped modern china”.

3. Which of the statement is / are incorrect?

a. only 1 b. only 2 c. both 1&2 d. none

3. Who among the following are the first women to head UNESCO?

a. Irina Bokova b. Mariah Isanova c.Yelena Inanovic d. Annie Ivanovic

4. Which of the following is incorrect about El Baradei?

1. He was elected for the first time in 1997 to head IAEA.
2. The present tenure is his second.
3. He recently received Indira Gandhi Peace Prize.
4. He is the 4^th IAEA Chief since its inception in 1957.

5. If COBRA: Orissa, Octopus: _________?

a. Andhra Pradesh b. West Bengal c. Gujarat d. Maharashtra

6. Lawrence Convention Centre , place where Pittsburg Meeting of G-20 nation took place last week stench the headlines as-

1. World first “Green Building”.
2. World only under sky theatre is here.
3. Longest exhibition gallery.
4. Largest no. of antiquates found.

7. “HAROP” in news last week is-

a. A system for surveillance of harbors.

b. An extinct bird.

c. A program Initiated for human development by UNHRC.

d. An unmanned air combat vehicle.

8. Which of the is/ are true about Dada Saheb Phalke Awards?

1. Constituted in 1969
2. Third consecutive time given to Bengali
3. Manna Dey is given the award for 2008

a. 1, 2 b. 1,3 c. 2,3 d. 1,2,3

9. During Africa South America Summit last week. Venezuela signed an anti Terror declaration with?

1. Libya
2. Sudan
3. Colambia
4. Nigeria

10. Thekkady Lake is to be found in distinct of Kerala?

1. Ernakulam
2. Alappuzha
3. Kozhikode
4. Idukki

11. Royal academy of London is holding an exhibition of works by Anish Kumar. He is associated with?

1. Painting
2. Photography
3. Visual Marchanding
4. Sculpture

12. Viatnam and Combodia were struck by the worst typhoon of the year. We are talking about :-

1. Typhoon Ketana
2. Typhoon Stiltana
3. Typhoon Svetlana
4. Typhoon Resmasan

13. Cullinan mines in news last week are well known in the world for –

1. Silver
2. Tin
3. Coal
4. Diamond

14.

A. 2014 Asian games 1. Scotland

B. 2016 Olympics 2.Russia

c. 2014 Winter Olympics 3.S.korea

D.2014 Commonwealth 4.Brazil

Choose correct alternative.

A B C D

a. 3 4 1 2

b. 3 4 2 1

c. 2 4 3 1

d. 1 4 2 3

15. Hambantota is associated with______in the same way as gwadar is associated with Pakistan-

1. Myanmar
2. Bangladesh
3. Vietnam
4. Srilanka

16. Consider the following statements about the chairs of G-20-

1. India held the second chair in 2002
2. S Korea & Canada will jointly chair G-20 in 2010
3. The present chair is held by USA.

Choose the incorrect statements.

a. 1,2 b.2,3 c.3 d. 1

17. 1. Vijender singh has become the world no.1 in IABA ranking.

2. he dethroned turkey’s Amalov to achieve this feat.

Which of the above statements are true.-

A. only 1 b. only 2 c. both1&2 d. none

C S Workshop 2

C S Club member presenting bouquets to Ms Preeti Maithil ( 92 Rank in IAS 2008)
Aspirants Listening Dr Vijay Agarwal (IIS 1982 Batch)
Man on our dream post 'Hon. Sheo shekhar shukla, Collector Bhopal (1994 Batch)
Welcome of our district collector in the workshop

Commissioner Public Relations Mr Manoj Shrivastav in C S Workshop
Commissioner Public Relations Mr Manoj Shrivastav in C S Workshop
Mr Deepak Ratan (IPS) Director, NIFT Bhopal
New aspirants of Civil Services