Q1. India has signed the MRA in Nursing with Singapore on the official visit of PM Modi to the country. MRA stands for __________.
(a) Magnetic Reasoning Agreement
(b) Mutual Reassessment Agreement
(c) Mutual Reimaging Agreement
(d) Mutual Recognition Agreement
Q2. Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi laid the foundation stone of India’s first advanced DNA forensic laboratory in ______________ as part efforts to reduce the backlog of cases needing advanced forensic analysis.
(a) New Delhi
(b) Guwahati
(c) Chandigarh
(d) Dispur
Q3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently handed over the Padma Shri award, one of India’s highest civilian awards, to former Singaporean diplomat ______________.
(a) Lee Kuan Yew
(b) Tommy Koh
(c) Chan Heng Chee
(d) Wong Lin Ken
Q4. PM Modi is in Singapore on the last leg of his 3 nation tour, talks between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and his counterpart Lee Hsien Loong led to the signing of how many agreements between the two sides?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 8
Q5. The ICC has included which of the following countries in their ODI rankings list apart from the 12 existing countries?
(a) Canada, Netherlands, Scotland and the UAE
(b) Nepal, Afghanistan, Scotland and the UAE
(c) Nepal, Netherlands, Scotland and the UAE
(d) Nepal, Canada, Afghanistan and the UAE
Q6. The Income Tax Department has issued a new reward scheme titled _____________ to seek people’s participation in the Income Tax Department’s efforts to unearth black money and to reduce tax evasion.
(a) Black Money Transactions Informants Reward Scheme, 2018
(b) Benami Transactions Informants Reward Scheme, 2018
(c) Illegal Transactions Informants Reward Scheme, 2018
(d) Illegal Money Transactions Informants Reward Scheme, 2018
Q7. The Union Ministry of Culture introduced a new scheme called _____________ to reimburse the central share of CGST and IGST on items for food/prasad/langar/bhandara offered free of cost by charitable religious institutions.
(a) Jan Bhoj Yojana
(b) Jan Aahar Yojana
(c) Seva Bhoj Yojna
(d) Seva Aahar Yojana
Q8. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj begins her five-day visit to which of the following country to meet the top leadership and to participate in the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting?
(a) Singapore
(b) South Africa
(c) Nepal
(d) Afghanistan
Q9. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been sworn in as the President for a second four-year term of which of the following country?
(a) Oman
(b) Azerbaijan
(c) The UAE
(d) Egypt
Q10. Halimah Yacob is the present President of ___________.
(a) Qatar
(b) Singapore
(c) Bahrain
(d) The UAE
Solutions
S1. Ans.(d)
S2. Ans.(c)
S3. Ans.(b)
S4. Ans.(d)
S5. Ans.(c)
S6. Ans.(b)
S7. Ans.(c)
S8. Ans.(b)
S9. Ans.(d)
S10. Ans.(b)
