Previous year MCQs

Current Affairs UPPSC 2017 GS-I
Question

Which among the following is not included in the ten main themes of the Union budget for the financial years 2017-18?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Export performance

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Export performance”.
The correct answer is Export performance.

Jaitley divided his budget proposal into 10 distinct themes: Farmers; rural population; energizing youth; poor and underprivileged; infrastructure; financial sector; digital economy; public service; prudent fiscal management; and tax administration.

Similar Questions:

The recent global pause during COVID-19 pandemic was caused due to:
  1. A) SARS-CoV-1
  2. B) H5N1
  3. C) SARS-CoV-2
  4. D) MERS – COV-2
The highest number of gold medals in the fifth National Games held at Imphal was won by:
  1. A) Sebastian Xavier
  2. B) Nisha Millet
  3. C) Jaspal Rana
  4. D) Sunita Rani
Given below are two statements:

Assertion (A): According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993, there were 16.5 million deaths due to infectious diseases worldwide.
Reason (R): Urbanisation without health planning leads to the spread of diseases.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1. A) Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A]
  2. B) Both [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct explanation of [A]
  3. C) [A] is true but [R] is false
  4. D) [A] is false but [R] are true
The author of the book which recently became the root cause of the controversy regarding the script of the film "Three Idiots" is
  1. A) Adhijat Joshi
  2. B) Mohammad Khalid
  3. C) Chetan Bhagat
  4. D) Rajkumar Hirani
The historic election in self rule areas of Palestine has gone in favour of Yasser Arafat elected as the President of Palestine. His party is called:
  1. A) Hamas Party
  2. B) Fatah Party
  3. C) Freedom Party
  4. D) None of above
Who was the secret author of Parvez Musharraf's biography "in the line of fire"
  1. A) Humayun Gauhar
  2. B) Hamid Kashmiri
  3. C) Zabir hussain
  4. D) None of these
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
List-I List-II

A. Arihant - 1. American Cryogenic Rocket
B. AWACS - 2. Anti-tank missile
C. Atlas Centaur - 3. For Air Defence
D. Nag - 4. Missile Submarine

Codes:
  1. A) 4 3 2 1
  2. B) 4 3 1 2
  3. C) 3 4 1 2
  4. D) 3 4 2 1
Operation black board is a related to
  1. A) Rural education
  2. B) Middle-aged education
  3. C) Urban education
  4. D) Child education
In which city polluting industries have to be switched to natural gas based technology as per the order of the Supreme Court:
  1. A) Abu
  2. B) Agra
  3. C) Amritsar
  4. D) Aurangabad
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

Scheme Year of Launch
A) Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna 1) 2021
B) P.M. Aatmanirbhar Swasthya Bharat Yojna 2) 2016
C) Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojna 3) 2007
D) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna 4) 2018
  1. A) 1,2,3,4
  2. B) 4,3,2,1
  3. C) 3,1,4,2
  4. D) 2,4,1,3
What has been the theme of the 2017 World Population Day?
  1. A) Be counted: Say what you need
  2. B) Investing in teenage girls
  3. C) Vulnerable population in emergency
  4. D) Family planning: Empowering people, Developing Nations
Who among the following won the Magsaysay Award, 2018?
  1. A) Bharat Vatwani
  2. B) Sonam Wangchuk
  3. C) Both (a) and (b)
  4. D) None of the above