1. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
10. 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
ANSWERS:
1. 5)
2. 1)
3. 2)
4. 3)
5. 4)
6. 3)
7. 4)
8. 5)
9. 5)
10. 3)