GA + ESI MCQs for last stage revision of NABARD Grade A 2020

GA + ESI MCQs for last stage revision of NABARD Grade A 2020

Q.1) According to Union Budget 2020-21, what is the Fiscal Deficit
target as a percentage of GDP, for the financial year 2019-20?

[a] 3.5%
[b] 3.8%
[c] 3.3%
[d] 3.9%
[e] 3.4%

[b] 3.8%

Q.2) According to Union Budget 2020-21, what is the Primary Deficit
target as a percentage of GDP, for the financial year 2019-20?

[a] 0.7%
[b] 0.4%
[c] 0.5%
[d] 0.3%
[e] 0.6%

[a] 0.7%

Q.3) According to Union Budget 2020-21, what is the Fiscal Deficit target as a
percentage of GDP, for the financial year 2020-21?

[a] 3.5%
[b] 3.8%
[c] 3.3%
[d] 3.9%
[e] 3.4%

[a] 3.5%

Q.4) According to Union Budget 2020-21, what is the Primary Deficit target
as a percentage of GDP, for the financial year 2020-21?

[a] 0.7%
[b] 0.4%
[c] 0.5%
[d] 0.3%
[e] 0.6%

[b] 0.4%

Q.5) According to Union Budget 2020-21, what is the expected nominal GDP
growth rate for FY21?
[a] 12.6%
[b] 12.8%
[c] 11%
[d] 10.8%
[e] 10%

[e] 10%

Q.6) According to Union Budget 2020-21, what is the expected nominal
GDP growth rate for FY22?
[a] 12.6%
[b] 12.8%
[c] 11%
[d] 10.8%
[e] 10%

[a] 12.6%

Q.7) According to Union Budget 2020-21, what is the expected nominal
GDP growth rate for FY23?
[a] 12.6%
[b] 12.8%
[c] 11%
[d] 10.8%
[e] 10%

[b] 12.8%

Q.8) As per revised national account data released by NSO, what is the growth
rate of GDP for the year 2018-19?

[a] 6.0%
[b] 6.1%
[c] 6.2%
[d] 6.3%
[e] 6.8%

[b] 6.1%

Q.9) According to Union Budget 2020-21, what is the central government’s
debt as a percentage of GDP for 2018-19 (FY19)?
[a] 51.2%
[b] 52.7%
[c] 49.8%
[d] 48.7%
[e] 47.8%

[d] 48.7%

Q.10) According to Union Budget 2020-21, what is the GDP growth
rate for the period 2014-19?
[a] 7.4%
[b] 7.5%
[c] 7.6%
[d] 7.7%
[e] 11.7%

[a] 7.4%

Q.11) According to Union Budget 2020-21, India is now the 5th largest
economy in the world in terms of GDP at current prices. What is the present
Indian GDP at current prices in US $ trillion?
[a] 2.9 US$ trillion
[b] 3.9 US$ trillion
[c] 2.6 US$ trillion
[d] 3.3 US$ trillion
[e] 2.8 US$ trillion

[a] 2.9 US$ trillion

Q.12) According to Union Budget 2020-21, what is the real GDP growth rate for
the financial year 2019-20?
[a] 7.4%
[b] 7.5%
[c] 7.6%
[d] 7.7%
[e] 5.0%

[e] 5.0%

Q.13) According to Union Budget 2020-21, what is the real GVA growth rate
for the financial year 2019-20?
[a] 4.9%
[b] 4.8%
[c] 5.5%
[d] 5.8%
[e] 5.0%

[a] 4.9%

Q.14) According to macroeconomic framework statement 2020-21, what was
the total food grain production in the country for the year 2018-19?
[a] 280 million tonnes
[b] 281 million tonnes
[c] 282 million tonnes
[d] 284 million tonnes
[e] 285 million tonnes

[e] 285 million tonnes

Q.15) According to macroeconomic framework statement 2020-21, what was
the total rice production in the country for the year 2018-19?
[a] 115.3 million tonnes
[b] 116.4 million tonnes
[c] 117 million tonnes
[d] 118.3 million tonnes
[e] 119.7 million tonnes

[b] 116.4 million tonnes

Q.16) According to macroeconomic framework statement 2020-21, what
was the total wheat production in the country for the year 2018-19?
[a] 102.2 million tonnes
[b] 105.4 million tonnes
[c] 104.5 million tonnes
[d] 105.3 million tonnes
[e] 109.2 million tonnes

[a] 102.2 million tonnes

Q.17) According to macroeconomic framework statement 2020-21, what
was the total fish production in the country for the year 2018-19?
[a] 13.7 million metric tonnes
[b] 13.9 million metric tonnes
[c] 14.7 million metric tonnes
[d] 14.8 million metric tonnes
[e] 13.4 million metric tonnes

[e] 13.4 million metric tonnes

Q.18) According to macroeconomic framework statement 2020-21, what was
the CPI-C inflation rate for the year 2018-19?
[a] 3.5% of GDP
[b] 3.6% of GDP
[c] 3.4% of GDP
[d] 3.3% of GDP
[e] 3.2% of GDP

[c] 3.4% of GDP

Q.19) According to macroeconomic framework statement 2020-21, what
was the WPI inflation rate for the year 2018-19?
[a] 4.3% of GDP
[b] 4.4% of GDP
[c] 4.5% of GDP
[d] 4.6% of GDP
[e] 4.7% of GDP

[a] 4.3% of GDP

Q.20) According to Union Budget 2020-21, which of the following taxes is the
highest contributor of revenues for the central government ?
[a] Income tax
[b] GST
[c] excise duty
[d] customs duty
[e] corporation tax

[e] corporation tax

Q.21) Arrange the following in descending order of their contribution to
revenues of central government as per Union budget 2020-21?
1. corporation tax
2. Income tax
3. GST
4. customs
5. union excise
6. non debt capital receipts

Options:
[a] 1>2>3>4>5>6
[b] 1>2>3>4>6>5
[c] 1>3>2>5>4>6
[d] 1>2>3>5>6>4
[e] 1>3>2>5>6>4                                  [e] 1>3>2>5>6>4

Q.22) According to Union Budget 2020-21, which of the following is the
percentage of total expenditure spent on Interest payments by the union
government?
[a] 20%
[b] 22%
[c] 17%
[d] 19%
[e] 18%

[e] 18%

Q.23) According to Union Budget 2020-21, which of the following is the
percentage of total expenditure spent on Defence by the union government?
[a] 10%
[b] 12%
[c] 7%
[d] 9%
[e] 8%

[e] 8%

Q.24) The Union Government finances its Fiscal Deficit from a variety of sources.
Arrange the following sources in descending order of their contribution to Fiscal
Deficit, as per Union budget 2020-21?
1. Market borrowings through G-Secs and T-bills
2. Small savings
3. state provident fund
4. public account
5. External debt

Options:
[a] 1>2>3>4>5
[b] 1>2>4>3>5
[c] 1>2>3>5>4                                                          [b] 1>2>4>3>5
[d] 1>3>2>4>5
[e] 1>3>2>5>4

Q.25) According to Union Budget 2020-21, what is the Revenue Deficit target as a
percentage of GDP, for the financial year 2019-20?

[a] 2.5%
[b] 2.8%
[c] 2.3%
[d] 2.9%
[e] 2.4%

[e] 2.4%

Q.26) Who has been appointed as the first Chairman of National Medical
Commission?
[a] Sanjiv Mehta
[b] Suresh Chandra Sharma
[c] Kishore Gupta
[d] Keshava Pandey
[e] Anirudh Bhagat

[b] Suresh Chandra Sharma

Q.27) Who has been appointed as the first female Chancellor of the Queen’s
University?
[a] Nicola Sturgeon
[b] Naomi Scott
[c] Mary Carl
[d] Hillary Rodham Clinton
[e] Catherine Watson

[d] Hillary Rodham Clinton

Q.28) Who is the present Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and
Customs?
[a] B Raman
[b] Piyush Goyal
[c] Atanu Chakraborty
[d] Mehul Das
[e] PK Das

[e] PK Das

Q.29) Who is the present chairman of Railway board?
[a] Vinod Kumar Yadav
[b] Vinay Kumar Yadav
[c] Vikram Kumar Yadav
[d] Vinayak Kumar Yadav
[e] Vijay Kumar Yadav

[a] Vinod Kumar Yadav

Q.30) Who has been appointed as the interim MD and CEO of Lakshmi Vilas
Bank?
[a] S Sundar
[b] Romesh Sobti
[c] PR Seshadri
[d] Shyam Srinivasan
[e] Chandra Sekhar Ghosh

 [a] S Sundar

Q.31) How many nurses and midwives would be needed worldwide to achieve
universal health coverage by 2030, according to WHO?
[a] 9 million
[b] 4 million
[c] 20 million
[d] 10 million
[e] 5 million

[a] 9 million

Q.32) Which year has been designated as the “Year of Mobility” for the
welfare of troops?
[a] 2020
[b] 2021
[c] 2022
[d] 2023
[e] 2024

 [a] 2020

Q.33) Who has become the first and youngest tribal woman in the world to
climb 6 highest peaks of the 6 continents?
[a] Malavath Poorna
[b] Lynn Hill
[c] Angela Eite
[d] Jessica Pilz
[e] Alex Martin

[a] Malavath Poorna

Q.34) Who has constituted a new prize – Earthshot Prize – to award the people
working for solving the Earth’s greatest environmental problems?
[a] Prince George Alexander Louis
[b] Prince Henry Frederick
[c] Prince Henry Charles Albert David
[d] Prince William Arthur Philip Louis
[e] Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward

[d] Prince William Arthur Philip Louis

Q.35) Where will the First edition of 2020 Khelo India University Games be
played?
[a] Odisha
[b] Madhya Pradesh
[c] Maharashtra
[d] Gujarat
[e] Uttar Pradesh

[a] Odisha

Q.36) Who has been named as the captain of ODI and T20I team of the decade
of ESPNCricinfo?
[a] Virat Kohli
[b] Pat Cummins
[c] Ben Stokes
[d] MS Dhoni
[e] Steve Smith

 [d] MS Dhoni

Q.37) With which country has India signed an MoU in the field of Polar Science to
study the Arctic and Antarctic regions?
[a] Sweden
[b] Russia
[c] France
[d] USA
[e] Germany

[a] Sweden

Q.38) With which organization has Department of Health and Family Welfare
signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of health?
[a] BRAC
[b] Wikimedia Foundation
[c] Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
[d] Partners in Health
[e] Médecins Sans Frontières

[c] Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Q.39) Which state is observing the International Kite festival?
[a] Gujarat
[b] Punjab
[c] Himachal Pradesh
[d] Kerala
[e] Telangana

 [a] Gujarat

Q.40) With which country has India signed an MoU for cooperation in the field of
electoral management?
[a] Philippines
[b] Singapore
[c] Australia
[d] Mauritius
[e] Japan

 [d] Mauritius

Q.41) Where has the Global Investors Meet – ASCEND 2020 been organized?
[a] Gujarat
[b] Rajasthan
[c] Assam
[d] Bihar
[e] Kerala

 [e] Kerala

Q.42) Where has the India’s first Cyber Crime Prevention Unit “Cyber
AASHVAST” been established?
[a] Gujarat
[b] Sikkim
[c] Tripura
[d] Delhi
[e] Uttar Pradesh

[a] Gujarat

Q.43) What is the theme of the 5th Raisina Dialogue 2020?
[a] Navigating the Alpha Century
[b] Asia: Regional and Global Connectivity
[c] New Geometrics |Fluid Partnerships | Uncertain Outcomes
[d] Managing Disruptive Transitions: Ideas, Institutions and Idioms
[e] None of the Above

 [a] Navigating the Alpha Century

Q.44) Which of the following institute has been as one of the EdTech
companies under the NEAT initiative of Ministry of HRD?
[a] Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology
[b] Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology
[c] National institute of Information Technology
[d] Malaviya National Institute of Technology
[e] B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology

[c] National institute of Information Technology

Q.45) What is the name of the bilateral exercise conducted by the coast
guards of India and Japan?
[a] Surya Kiran
[b] Sahyog-Kaijin
[c] Thar Shakti
[d] Dharma Guardian
[e] Prabal Dostyk

[b] Sahyog-Kaijin

Q.46) Which institute has developed the “Integrated Road Accident Database” to
help govt authorities in proper monitoring and accurate analysis of road
accidents?
[a] IIT-Hyderabad
[b] IIT-Madras
[c] IIT-Bangalore
[d] IIT-Delhi
[e] IIT-Mysore

[b] IIT-Madras

Q.47) What is India’s rank in the Henley Passport Index 2020?
[a] 79
[b] 84
[c] 101
[d] 112
[e] 140

 [b] 84

Q.48) Sea Guardians is the bilateral naval drill of which two nations?
[a] Russia and South Korea
[b] Japan and Philippines
[c] Australia and India
[d] Pakistan and China
[e] Malaysia and Sri Lanka

 [d] Pakistan and China

Q.49) Which bank has launched the Residential Builder Finance with Buyer
Guarantee to protect home buyers by issuing guarantee about the completion of
residential projects?
[a] HDFC Bank
[b] Allahabad Bank
[c] State Bank of India
[d] Oriental Bank of Commerce
[e] Bank of Baroda

 [c] State Bank of India

Q.50) According to the First Advance Estimates of National Income released by
National Statistical Office, manufacturing sector’s growth at constant prices
2011-12 has fallen to __ from 6.9%?
[a] 2%
[b] 3.4%
[c] 4%
[d] 5.7%
[e] 2.7%

[a] 2%