CMAT Old Current Affairs Questions

Question 1

Which of the following is true regarding Vehicle Scrapping Policy recently announced by the Centre?

State governments have been advised to offer road tax rebate up to 25% for personal vehicles and manufacturers to provide 5% discount on purchase of a new vehicle against the scrapping certificate.

State governments have been advised to offer road tax rebate up to 50% for personal vehicles and manufacturers to provide 10% discount on purchase of a new vehicle against the scrapping certificate.

State governments have been advised to offer road tax rebate up to 33% for personal vehicles and manufacturers to provide 7% discount on purchase of a new vehicle against the scrapping certificate.

State governments have been advised to offer road tax rebate up to 40% for personal vehicles and manufacturers to provide 3% discount on purchase of a new vehicle against the scrapping certificate.

Question 1

In contrast to what was previously recognized by Nepal, the height of Mt. Everest has now been foundto be higher by how many centimetres?

85 cms

84 cms

86 cms

88 cms

Question 2

Which of the following personalities has been appointed as the head of Tehelka Panel after the much in news resignation of its chief K.Venkataswamy?

G.C. Saxena

S.N. Variyawa

S.N. Phukan

Kuldeep Singh

Question 3

How much India needs to invest on infrastructure to become USD trillion economy by 2024-25?

USD 1.2 trillion

USD 1.4 trillion

USD 1.6 trillion

USD 1.8 trillion

Question 4

Which of the following indigenous sports has not been included in Khelo India Youth Games 2021?

Kalaripayattu

Gatka

Thang-Ta

Vallamkali

Question 5

India announced a Grant of USD 15 million for promoting Buddhist ties with which of the following country?

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

Vietnam

Question 6

What is the name of the Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline, to be launched by the Social Justice Ministry?

Asha

Empower

Mind Tree

Kiran

Question 7

The world’s first Yoga University outside India — ‘Vivekananda Yoga University’ was launched on 23"4 June 2020 in which city?

New York

London

Berlin

Los Angeles

Question 8

Ross Island in Andaman and Nicobar group of islands has been recently renamed as?

Shaheed dweep

Swaraj dweep

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island

Atal Island

Question 9

Which Indian state has approved to rename caste-based settlements?

Tamil Nadu

Andhra Pradesh

Karnataka

Maharashtra

Question 10

Indonesia has released special commemorative stamp on theme of Ramayana to mark 70th anniversary of establishment of its diplomatic ties with India. Which scene of Ramayana has been depicted on the stamp?

Ram, Sita and Laxman return to Ayodhya after 14 years

Sita’s Swayamwar

Jatayu fights to save Sita

Hanuman carries the mountain with Sanjeevani booti

Question 11

The Economic Survey 2020 suggests Employee Stock Ownership for which sector?

Manufacturing

Banking

Agriculture

Infrastructure

Question 12

Which country has decided to re-introduce tax on big Digital firms like Facebook, Amazon, Google?

India

France

Germany

China

Question 13

L&T Technology Services, the engineering services arm of Larsen and Toubro Group. informed that it will acquire a 100 % stake in which Texas-based company?

PCL Construction

Bechtel Group Inc

Orchestra Technology

Turner Construction

Question 14

India has begun discussions with which of the following countries on launching trilateral Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRD to reduce dependency on China, necessitated by Beijing's aggressive political and military behaviour?

Sri Lanka and Japan

Japan and South Korea

Japan and Australia

New Zealand and Australia

Question 1

The major nation that announced the withdrawal from Paris climate change accord in 2017 was:

Spain

United States of America

Germany

Srilanka

Question 2

The responsibilities of establishing and maintaining astound and efficient Accounting and Financial Reporting system in India is vested in the hands of:

Finance Ministry

NITI AYOG

The Comptroller General of Accounts

RBI

Question 1

With reference to BrahMos, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. It is a ramjet supersonic cruise missile being developed by BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture between ISRO
of India and NPO Mashinostroeyenia (NPOM) of Russia.
2. It can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land against ships and land-based targets.
3. India and Russia have agreed to double the range of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile follow ing India’s entry into the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR).
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

1 only

2 and 3 only

1 and 3 only

1, 2 and 3

Question 2

With reference to ‘HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2017’, consider which of the following statements is/are true?
1. It seeks to prevent and control the spread of HIV and AIDS, prohibits discrimination against persons with HIV and AIDS.
2. It make s anti- retroviral therapy a legal right of HIV/AIDS patient.
3. It has provisions to safeguard the property rights of HIV positive p eople.
4. Every HIV infected person below the age of 18 years has the right to resid e in a shared household and enjoy the facilities of the household.

1 and 2 only

3 only

2 and 3 only

1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 3

Jana, a Boston based start-up, offers which of the following services?

Free unrestricted accounts like twitter

Free unrestricted Films and TV shows

Free unrestricted internet access

Free unrestricted social media services