Current Affairs MCQ 3rd July 2017

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1) New sewage treatment plant at Nehru Park _______
a) Delhi
b) Assam
c) Mumbai
d) Lucknow
e) None of the above

Answer: a)
Explanation: The New Delhi Municipal Council’s (NDMC) 500 kiloliter per day capacity sewage treatment plant at Nehru Park was inaugurated by National Green Tribunal chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar.

2). IIT-________ opens helpline for girl students
a) Mumbai
b) Kanpur
c) Delhi
d) Kharagpur
e) None of the above

Answer: d)
Explanation: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has started a special helpline for girl students to increase their enrolment. It has also opened a website (jeewomen. iitkgp.ac.in/) for the purpose

3) According to _________CM Manohar Lal Khattar GST will help generate 10 lakh jobs
a) Haryana
b) Punjab
c) Uttarakhand
d) UP
e) None of the above

Answer:(a)
Explanation: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) will create 10 lakh jobs in the country

4) ___________has contributed $500,000 to the UN Peacebuilding Fund
a) Russia
b) Australia
c) USA
d) India
e) None of the above

Answer: d) India has contributed $500,000 to the UN Peacebuilding Fund, expressing hope that more funding by nations will boost efforts by the world body to build and sustain peace

5) The growth of eight core sectors slowed to _________ per cent in May due to fall in output of coal and fertilisers
a) 0.2
b) 3.6
c) 1.0
d) 0.3
e) None of the above
Answer: b)
Explanation: The growth of eight core sectors slowed to 3.6 per cent in May due to fall in output of coal and fertilisers. The growth rate of eight infrastructure sectors— coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity — was 5.2 percent in May last year (2016).

6). Government imposes _________% customs duty on imported mobile phones, parts
a) 10%
b) 8%
c) 20%
d) 18%
e) None of the above

Answer: a)
Explanation: The government has imposed 10 per cent basic customs duty on mobile phones and certain parts with immediate effect to boost domestic manufacturing. According to an official statement, 10 per cent customs duty, will be levied on imported cellular mobile phones and accessories such as charger, battery, wire headset, microphone and receiver, key pad, USB cable and other specified electronic goods

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7). RBI report sees India’s economic growth rate at _______ in 2017-18
a) 7.2%
b) 7.3%
c) 7.1%
d) 7.7%
e) None of the above

Answer: b)
Explanation: The Reserve Bank stated the ongoing accelerated reform initiatives like Goods and Sevice Tax and continuing political stability will push the economic growth scale to 7.3 per cent in terms of Gross Value Added -GVA in the current fiscal year (2017-18)

8) GST Council cuts tax rate on fertiliser to 5 % from _______-%
a) 12 %
b) 15%
c) 18%
d) 8%
e) None of the above

Explanation: (a) GST Council has reduced the tax rate on fertiliser to 5 percent from previously decided 12 per cent. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who heads the GST Council comprising representatives of states, states the decision to reduce the tax rate on fertiliser was taken because of apprehensions that price of the crop nutrient may go up

9) Indian Railways to introduce new _______ AC coaches soon
a) Economy
b) 1st tier
c) 2nd tier
d) 3rd tier
e) None of the above

Answer: a)
Explanation: Train passengers will soon have option of travelling in a new class of ‘Economy AC coaches’ with fares less than normal 3AC tariff. The proposed fully AC train will have three-tier Economy AC coaches besides AC-3, AC-2 and AC-1 classes as part of the transformation exercise. An added feature would be automatic doors.

10) Which state to have separate agriculture budget from next year
a) Telangana
b) Delhi
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Assam
e) None of the above

Answer: a)
Explanation: Telengana will have a separate budget for Agriculture from next year. This was decided after Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao met the Ministers and officials on Agriculture in Hyderabad