TS SI Mains 2018 General Awareness
For the following questions answer them individually
Read the following pairs about the Surajkund International Crafts Mela — 2019:
a. 2019 Surajkund International Crafts Mela : $$33^{rd}$$
b. The ThemeState of 2019 Surajkund Mela : Gujarat
Choose the correct answer :
Read the following pairs : _
a. $$12^{th}$$ biennial edition of ‘International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition’ was inaugurated by : The Defence Minister (Raksha Mantri) of India
b. The IDEX/iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence) scheme was launched by : The Prime Minister of India
Choose the correct answer :
“Parmanu Tech 2019” conference, which was held in February 2019 in India, was organised by
a. Ministry of Extemal Affairs
b. Ministry of Defence
c. Ministry of Science and Technology
d. Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
Choose the correct answer:
Assertion (A) : ISRO launched a communication satellite named GSAT-31 in February 2019, successfully.
Reason (R) : GSAT-31 will provide DTH television services, connectivity to VSATs for ATM, stock exchange, e-governance applications etc.
Choose the correct answer :
Read the following statements about the ‘PM-KISAN’ scheme:
a. The ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi’ (PM-KISAN) scheme was introduced by the government of India in its interim Budget 2019.
b. The scheme took effect from January 1, 2019.
c. The scheme aims at supplementing the financial needs of marginal and small farmers procuring various inputs to ensure proper farm income.
d. A family comprising of husband, wife and minor children who collectively own cultivable land upto 2 hectares as per land records shall be provided a benefit of ₹ 6,000 per annum per family.
Read the following statements about the ‘Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar’:
a. The Government of West Bengalinstituted an annual award titled ‘Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar’ with the cooperation of the Central Government.
b. All Indian citizens and organisations, who/which have excelled in areas of disaster management are eligible for the award.
c. 8th Battalion of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Ghaziabad was selected for the award for the year 2019.
Choose the correct statement/s.
Read the following statements about the Election Commission :
a. The Prime Minister of India appointed Sunil Chandra as the Election Commissioner in February 2019.
b. The appointment of Election Commissioner is made under the clause 2 of Article 324 of the Indian Constitution.
Choose the correct answer:
Under which of the following Acts, a ten (10) percent economic reservation for those belonging to economically weaker sections (EWS) of society came into force in January, 2019 ?
Consider the following statements about ‘Vande Bharat Express Train’ :
a. It is India’s fastest engineless train at 180 kmph speed.
b. The train is commonly called ‘Train 180’.
c. The train runs between Delhi and Varanasi.
Choose the correct statement/s :
