KUNDAN SIR -- GA 8TH MAY 2015

THANKS TO BSC KUNDAN

8 MAY 2015

Ques. : 1 The Lok Sabha on 7 May passed the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill. Now, juveniles as young as ______ can be tried under laws for adults for heinous crimes.
1) 14 years
2) 15 years
3) 16 years
4) 17 years
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) 16 years

Ques. : 2 As informed by the govt to the Lok Sabha on 7 May, the Polavaram multipurpose project is likely to displace over 1.88 lakh people in the state of
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Goa
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Andhra Pradesh

Ques. : 3 The govt has referred the issue of minimum alternate tax (MAT) on foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to a committee which will be headed by
1) SB Sinha
2) AP Shah
3) AR Lakshmanan
4) DK Jain
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) AP Shah

Ques. : 4 India has moved up 13 notches on a global list of countries in terms of their travel and tourism competitiveness. What is its current position in this regard globally?
1) 48th
2) 45th
3) 52nd
4) 28th
5) 17th
Answer:- 3) 52nd

Ques. : 5 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 7 May inked a pact with India to provide a loan worth USD 31 million for sustainable water resource management in river basins in
1) Rajasthan
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Assam
4) Karnataka
5) Maharashtra
Answer:- 4) Karnataka

Ques. : 6 Mothers Day is observed every year on the
1) last Sunday of Apr
2) first Sunday of May
3) second Sunday of May
4) last Sunday of May
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) second Sunday of May

Ques. : 7 As promised by the Union Finance Minister, the losses incurred by the states due to implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be fully compensated for
1) two years
2) three years
3) four years
4) five years
5) ten years
Answer:- 4) five years

Ques. : 8 The proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) will subsume which of the following taxes?
1) Excise duty
2) Services Tax
3) State VAT
4) Entry Tax
5) All the above
Answer:- 5) All the above

Ques. : 9 President Pranab Mukherjee visited which of the following countries starting 7 May? He attended the victory day parade in that country.
1) China
2) South Korea
3) Italy
4) France
5) Russia
Answer:- 5) Russia

Ques. : 10 The biennial Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) 2015 released recently by the World Economic Forum (WEF) is topped by
1) Australia
2) Switzerland
3) Germany
4) France
5) Spain
Answer:- 5) Spain