Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 14 July 2018

Q1. Which of the following statements regarding rajyasabha elections are true : ?

1) The retiring members of rajyasabha are eligible for re-election & re-nomination any number of times.
2) The chairman of rajyasabha can be removed from office only if he is removed from office of vice-president .

A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both 1 & 2
D) None

Q2. Swachsurvekshangrameen 2018 has which of the following objectives :

1) Conducting surveys in districts & states in qualitative and quantitative sanitation
2) Ranking the districts & states according to their performances.
3) Nominating the best performing states to the UN committee of voluntary commitments under WASH ( water & sanitation hygiene) programme.

A) 1 only
B) 1 & 2 only
C) 3 only
D) None

Q3. Consider the following regarding competition commission of india (CCI) ?

1) CCI was a statutory body until 2015 after which it was given constitutional status to prevent activities that have an appreciable adverse effect on competition in India.
2) It has the power to penalise most of the administrative bodies including sports administrative bodies.

Which of the above statements are not true ?

A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both
D) All are true

Q4. India received the largest amount of FDI till march 2017 from which of the following countries as per RBI reports ?

A) Mauritius
B) Singapore
C) UAE
D) United states of America

Q5. The govardhanamatha monastery in puri recently seen in news was founded by which of the following saints ?

A) Swamisaraswati
B) Swami nischalananda
C) Adishankara
D) Padmapadacharya

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Answer:

1 (C), 2 (B), 3 (A), 4 (A), 5 (C)