08-05-2014
QUESTION OF THE DAY (08-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
Ques.
: 2 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ques.
: 10 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
ANSWERS
1. Answer:- 3) 16 years
2. Answer:- 5) Spain
3. Answer:- 2) AP Shah
4. Answer:- 3) 52nd
5. Answer:- 4) Karnataka
6. Answer:- 3) second Sunday of May
7. Answer:- 4) five years
8. Answer:- 5) All the above
9. Answer:- 5) Russia
10.Answer:- 1) Andhra Pradesh
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