February-2018, Current affairs mcqs for UPSC, IAS, State PSC, SSC and other Exams

This page contains February 2018 Current Affairs Multiple choice Questions MCQs from different newspapers and magazines including The Hindu, Indian Express, PIB and Yojna.

These monthly (February 2018) current affairs MCQs are based on different exams syllabus and pattern including UPSC CSE/IAS, State PSC, SSC, CDS, CLAT and other competitive exams. These MCQs of daily news are evenly helpful in both prelims exams and to test one's preparation.

1. 

Which of the following is/are true about "Affordable Housing Fund (AHF)", recently in news ?

1. Its a dedicated Fund under the National Housing Bank. 2. Its funded from priority sector lending shortfall and fully serviced bonds authorised by the Centre.
3. Both 1 and 2 4. Neither 1 nor 2



2. 

Which of the following is/are true about "National Health Protection Scheme", recently in news ?

1) It will cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families.
2) Coverage of up to ?5 lakh a family a year will be provided for secondary- and tertiary-care hospitalisation.
3) Under the existing Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), poor families get an annual coverage of ?2 lakh.
4) ?1,200 crore for health and wellness centres.

1. 1 & 2 2. 1,2 & 4
3. 1,3 & 4 4. 1, 2 & 3



3. 

Which of the following is/are true about "Ujjwala scheme", recently in news ?

1. Health protection 2. LPG connections
3. Farm distress 4. Discom Strengthening



4. 

Which of the following is/are true about "The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA)", recently in news ?

1) Under the Act, the central and state governments, are required to notify their own rules under the Act.
2) No launch or advertisement before registration with RERA.
3) The Act establishes Real Estate Regulatory Authority in each state and union territory.
4) Promoters are now required to park 70% of all project receivables into a separate reserve account.

1. 1 & 2 2. 1,2 & 4
3. 1,3 & 4 4. 1,2,3 & 4



5. 

Which of the following is/are true about "Alzheimer disease", recently in news ?

1. Destroys memory 2. Decreased rbc count
3. Irregular bleeding 4. Pain in lower abdomen



6. 

"MeToo campaign", recently in news is associated with which of the following country ?

1. USA 2. Palestine
3. India 4. Israel



7. 

A book, "Exam Warriors", recently in news is written by ?

1. Chetan Bhagat 2. Narendra Modi
3. Arvind Kejriwal 4. Kiran Rijju



8. 

Which of the following is/are crystalline forms of carbon?

1) Graphine.
2) Carbon nanotube.
3) Bucky ball.
4) Diamond.

1. 1 & 2 2. 1,2 & 4
3. 1,3 & 4 4. 1,2,3 & 4



9. 

Which of the following is/are true about "Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002" ?

1. It is an Act of the Parliament of India to prevent money-laundering and to provide for confiscation of property derived from money-laundering. 2. The Act and Rules notified there under impose obligation to furnish information in prescribed form to Financial Intelligence Unit - India (FIU-IND).
3. Both 1 and 2 4. Neither 1 nor 2



10. 

Which of the following is/are true about "Cosmic ray", recently in news ?

1. Cosmic rays are low-energy radiation, mainly originating outside the Solar System. 2. Cosmic rays are Composed primarily of high-energy protons and atomic nuclei, they are of mysterious origin.
3. Both 1 and 2 4. Neither 1 nor 2