NITI Aayog Questions and Answers (Current Affairs and Static) Quiz:
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NITI Aayog is the primary government think tank of the country which was incepted on 01- January 2015 headquartered at New Delhi, it has replaced the planning commission of India which commenced in 1950.
NITI Aayog is an important topic for competitive exams like RBI Grade B, NABARD Grade A, B and UPSC exams. Three questions were asked in RBI Grade B – 2017 Phase II ESI exam on NITI Aayog.
Understanding the importance of the topic, in this PDF we have compiled some expected questions (static and current affairs on NITI Aayog) important for the upcoming recruitment exam.
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Question 01: Who is the Chairman of NITI Aayog?
a: President of India
b: Vice – President of India
c: Prime Minister of India
d: Minister of Finance
e: Minister of Commerce and Industry
Question 02: Who is the current Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog (as in April 2018)?
a: Rajiv Kumar
b: Amitabh Kant
c: Vinod Paul
d: Ramesh Chand
e: V K Saraswat
Question 03: Who is the current CEO of NITI Aayog whose period of service has been extended till June – 2019 recently?
a: Bibek Debroy
b: Dinesh Arora
c: Amitabh Kant
d: V K Saraswat
e: Ramesh Chand
Question 04: What does T stand for in NITI Aayog?
a: talent
b: Transfer
c: Technical
d: Training
e: Transforming
Question 05: Which is not one of the 7 Pillars of effective governance envisaged by NITI Aayog?
a: Transparency
b: Efficiency
c: Participation
d: Pro- People
e: Empowering
Question 06: Which is not one of the 7 Pillars of effective governance envisaged by NITI Aayog?
a: Pro Activity
b: Equality
c: Inclusion of All
d: Women Empowerment
e: All the above options are one of the pillars.
CURRENT AFFAIRS NITI AAYOG
Question 07:The first meeting of newly constituted NITI Aayog forum for northeast was held in which of the following cities recently?
a: Shillong
b: Gangtok
c: Agartala
d: Aizwal
e: Itanagar
Question 08: The prime focus of development projects in the eight northeastern states will be based on concept of HIRA – what does R denote in this concept?
a: Roadways
b: Renovation
c: Restructuring
d: Railways
e: Rehabilitation
Question 09: Who among the following persons from NITI Aayog has co-chaired the NITI Forum for the Northeast?
a: CEO – NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant
b: Vice Chairman – Rajiv Kumar
c: Chairman – PM Narendra Modi
d: Member – V K Saraswat
e: Member – Ramesh Chand
Question 10: Atal Innovation Mission – flagship Programme of think tank NITI Aayog, has recently signed a statement of intent with which of the following organization to promote culture of innovation and entrepreneurship across 100 Atal Tinkering Labs in the country?
a: Infosys
b: TCS
c: Tech Mahindra
d: SAP
e: Wipro
Question 11: NITI Aayog has recently signed a statement of intent with which of the following Organizations for supporting transformation of healthcare, education and nutrition in Aspirational Districts of the country?
a: Centre for health and social justice
b: CHETNA
c: Smile foundation
d: Centre for social research
e: Piramal Foundation
Question 12: Total number of aspirational districts have been selected in the country under Aspirational Districts scheme by NITI Aayog?
a: 133 Districts
b: 101 Districts
c: 115 Districts
d: 174 Districts
e: 205 Districts
Question 13: Which of the following is a comprehensive project released by NITI Aayog for introducing system-wide governance transformation in school education?
a: NMSA
b: AIM
c: SATH-E Programme
d: PMVVY
e: UDAN
Question 14: Women Entrepreneurship platform has been launched recently by which of the following organizations on March -08 -2018 to commemorate International Women’s Day?
a: Ministry of Women and Child Development
b: Ministry of Skill development and Entrepreneurship
c: NITI Aayog
d: Telangana State Government
e: Gujarat State Government
Question 15: Which of the following is not one of the participating states of flagship SATH-E Programme by NITI Aayog?
a: Telangana
b: Maharashtra
c: Odisha
d: Jharkhand
e: Both a and b
Question 16: Which of the following is not one of the pillars structure by NITI Aayog on which the Women Entrepreneurship forum will sustain?
a: Karma Shakti
b: Ichha Shakti
c: Swachh Shakti
d: Gyan Shakti
e: All the above options are pillars envisaged by NITI Aayog
Question 17: NITI Aayog has recently recommended setting up of which of the following government bodies for better servicing of loans which will lead to substantial reduction in India’s interest payment?
a: PSU loans management agency
b: Companies restructuring and facilitating body
c: Industrial Loans Monitoring body
d: Independent debt management office
e: National credit monitoring authority
Question 18: Who among the following has become the first Indian and the member of NITI Aayog to receive the prestigious Ihsan Dogra Maci Family Health Foundation Prize by World Health Organisation (WHO)?
a: V K Saraswat
b: Amitabh Kant
c: Ramesh Chand
d: Vinod Paul
e: Rajiv Kumar
Question 19: Which of the following is the higher education scheme launched by Ministry of HRD for associating renowned scientists, entrepreneurs across the globe with the institutes of higher education in India?
a: AMRUT
b: UDAN
c:SANKALP
d: UDAY
e: GIAN
Question 20: NITI Aayog is planning to set up a methanol economy fund with an initial outlay of approximately how much amount for promoting production and use of clean fuel in the country?
a: INR 8500 Crores
b: INR 5000 Crores
c: INR 2250 Crores
d: INR 11000 Crores
e: INR 875 Crores
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Question 21: Government of India has constituted a committee headed by which of the following persons for addressing of NPAs in Indian Power sector?
a: Y H Malegam
b: Uday Kotak
c: Amitabh Kant
d: Deepak Mohanty
e: K V Kamath
Question 22: Who has recently inaugurated the first India – Japan workshop on disaster risk reduction recently in march 2018?
a: Vice – Chairman on NITI Aayog – Rajiv Kumar
b: PM Narendra Modi
c: President – Ram Nath Kovind
d: CEO of NITI Aayog – Amitabh Kant
e: Vice – President – Venkaiah Naidu
Question 23: Which of the following districts has topped the first list of Aspirational Districts Programme released by NITI Aayog in March 2018?
a: Ramanadhapuram
b: Virudhunagar
c: Rajnandgaon
d: Vizianagaram
e: Mewat
Question 24: NITI Aayog has recently released “Healthy States- Progressive India Report”, which of the following states has topped the list of best overall performance state among the smaller states category, Kerala – Punjab – Tamilnadu have emerged as the best performing states among large states category?
a: Sikkim
b: Meghalaya
c: Tripura
d: Mizoram
e: Manipur
Question 25: Who is the current World Bank India Country director who released the report “Healthy States- Progressive India Report” jointly with Amitabh Kant – CEO NITI Aayog?
a: Junaid Ahmed
b: Onno Ruhl
c: Soumya Swaminathan
d: Saroj Kumar Jha
e: Jim Yong Kim
Question 26: Who among the following has been recently appointed as the first director of Ayushman Bharat Mission, a flagship Programme of the government of India for providing affordable health facilities for poor in India?
a: Dinesh Arora
b: V K Saraswat
c: Vinod Paul
d: Ramesh Chand
e: Amitabh Kant
Question 27: Government of India has constituted a committee headed by which of the following persons for studying the Brahmaputra and flood control measures in Assam and nearby states?
a: V K Saraswat – Member NITI Aayog
b: Amitabh Kant – CEO NITI Aayog
c: Vinod Paul – Member NITI Aayog
d: Rajiv Kumar – Vice Chairman – NITI Aayog
e: Ramesh Chand – Member NITI Aayog
Question 28: NITI Aayog has signed an MoU with which of the following state governments for creating an online dashboard for the 115 most backward districts of India?
a: Maharashtra
b: Uttar Pradesh
c: Andhra Pradesh
d: Assam
e: Karnataka
Question 29: Who has inaugurated the NITI Aayog’s first global initiative on academic network course on Sustainable Urban Planning at IIT Kanpur’s outreach centre in Noida recently?
a: Rajiv Kumar – Vice Chairman NITI Aayog
b: Dinesh Arora – Director of National Health Mission – Ayushman Bharat
c: Ratan P Watal – Principal Advisor to NITI Aayog
d: PM Narendra Modi
e: Amitabh Kant – CEO NITI Aayog
Question 30: Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog – Rajiv Kumar has recommended setting up which of the following funds for addressing the issue of growing redundancy of low skilled labor in India with the advent of automation in the country?
a: Skill development fund
b: Youth utilization fund
c: Innovation and Research fund
d: SATH-E development fund
e: Labor Utilization fund
ANSWERS
Question 01: C
Question 02: A
Question 03: C
Question 04: E
Question 05: B
Question 06: D
Question 07: C
Question 08: D
Question 09: B
Question 10: D
Question 11: E
Question 12: C
Question 13: C
Question 14: C
Question 15: E
Question 16: C
Question 17: D
Question 18: D
Question 19: E
Question 20: B
Question 21: C
Question 22: A
Question 23: D
Question 24: D
Question 25: A
Question 26: A
Question 27: D
Question 28: C
Question 29: C
Question 30: E
