National Events (Part-XI)

Total Questions: 50

31. Identify the country with which the decision to intensify security relations in India has been taken (July 2010) and with which Joint Military Exercise took place in June, 2010 followed by Joint Naval Exercise and now Air Force Joint Exercise of Air force in October 2010. [U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl.) (Pre) 2010]

(a) U.S.A.
(b) Indonesia
(c) U.K.
(d) Australia

Correct Answer: (c) U.K.

Solution:Indo-UK fighter exercise was successfully conducted at 5 Wing from 18 Oct to 03 Nov 2010.

32. The chairman of the expert group established in the context of 'fair and sustainable prices of petroleum products' was- [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2010]

(a) Sitaram Yechury
(b) Bharat Jhunjhunwala
(c) Yudh Veer Reddy
(d) Kirit Parikh

Correct Answer: (d) Kirit Parikh

Solution:The chairman of the expert group established in the context of 'fair and sustainable prices of petroleum products' was Kirit Parikh.

33. In the Lok Sabha-election, 2009, how many seats BJP, BSP, Congress and SP won in Uttar Pradesh ? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2008]

	BJP	BSP	Congress	SP
(a)	10	20	20	24
(b)	10	20	21	23
(c)	11	19	21	23
(d)	9	21	20	24

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:The 2009 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh were held for 80 seats, with the state going to polls across all five phases of the general elections. In this election BJP won 10 seats, BSP won 20 seats, Congress won 21 seats and Samajwadi Party won 23 seats.

34. For the formation of which Lok Sabha the General Election were held in April/May, 2009? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2008]

(a) Thirteenth Lok Sabha
(b) Fourteenth Lok Sabha
(c) Fifteenth Lok Sabha
(d) Sixteenth Lok Sabha

Correct Answer: (c) Fifteenth Lok Sabha

Solution:General Elections were held for the 15th Lok Sabha between 16th April and 13th May 2009, Voting was held from April 7th to May 12, 2014, in 543 parliamentary constituencies to form the 16th Lok Sabha. 17th Lok Sabha was held from 11 April, 2019 to 19 May, 2019 in 7 phase. The Counting was on 17th May.

35. Consider the following statements about Malabar-2009 and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2008]

1. It is a trilateral naval exercise held in April/May 2009

2. It was conducted on east of Okinawa Islands.

3. In this exercise Japan, Australia and India participated

4. The first exercise of the series was held in the year 2007 off Japan's coast

Codes:

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 1, 3 and 4

Correct Answer: (c) 1, 2 and 4

Solution:In Malabar 2009, naval sailors from India, US and Japan conducted a joint naval exercise between 26th April and 03 May 2009 in the east of Okinawa Island. The 26th edition of the Multinational Maritime exercise Malabar 22 culminated in the seas of Japan on 15 November 2022.

36. The countries, which participated in Malabar 2009 Exercise were - [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]

(a) China, England, Russia
(b) China, India, Russia
(c) India, U.S.A., Japan
(d) Japan, England, U.S.A.

Correct Answer: (c) India, U.S.A., Japan

37. The 22nd edition of the Malabar Trilateral Naval Exercise was held in June 2018. Besides India which other two countries took part in this exercise? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2018]

(a) Russia and Japan
(b) Russia and Bangladesh
(c) Nepal and Vietnam
(d) Japan and the United States of America

Correct Answer: (d) Japan and the United States of America

Solution:The 22nd edition of the trilateral naval exercise 'Malabar' was held on the coast of Guam (American Territory) in the Philippines Sea in June 2018. Navies of India, Japan and the United States of America participated in this exercise. The 24th edition of this exercise was held in November 2020. Besides India, the navies of US, Japan and Australia participated in this edition.

38. Shri P.J. Thomas was appointed as the Central Vigilance Commissioner on September 7, 2010. He is an IAS officer of which of the following states cadre [53rd to 55 th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011]

(a) Assam
(b) Karnataka
(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu

Correct Answer: (c) Kerala

Solution:Mr. Polial Joseph Thomas, is a 1973 batch Indian Administrative Service Officer of Kerala Cadre. He was appointed to the post of Central Vigilance Commissioner on September 7, 2010, but his appointment was rejected by Supreme Court due to opposition from Sushma Swaraj, a member of the selection committee for being accused in the palm olein oil import scam. Presently, the Central Vigilance Commissioner in Shri Suresh N. Patel.

39. Dr. Vinayak Sen was in the news recently. He was released on bail under the orders of the Supreme Court after being in jail for 741 days. To which State this matter is concerned ? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2008]

(a) Assam
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Jharkhand

Correct Answer: (c) Chhattisgarh

Solution:The Supreme Court granted bail to Dr. Vinayak Sen, after 741 days jail observing that no case of sedition was made out against the rights activist, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court in Chhattisgarh.

40. Which of the following groups of political parties could not win a single seat in 16th Lok Sabha election? [B.P.S.C. 56th to 59th (Pre) 2015]

(a) MNS, BSP, SP, RJD
(b) SP, BSP, National Conference, RJD
(c) JD(U), BSP, NCP, RJD
(d) DMK, RLD, National Conference, BSP

Correct Answer: (d) DMK, RLD, National Conference, BSP

Solution:In the 16th Lok Sabha election, D.M.K. (Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam), R.L.D. (Rashtriya Lok Dal), National Conference and B.S.P. (Bahujan Samaj Party) did not get a single seat.

The elections to the 16th Lok Sabha were held in 10 phases from 7th April 2014 to 12th May, 2014. 464 parties, including 6 national parties, participated in it.

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