Current Affairs 23rd October-2020 Welcome to your Current Affairs 23rd October-2020 1) Which of the following is/are true about Indian Institute of public administration?1. Is an autonomous training and research organisation 2. It comes Under the Ministry of Personnel of Government of India Only 1 Only 2 Both A and B All of the above 2) Base year for CPI-IW is: 2001 2016 1986 None of the above 3) Base year for Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) has changed from 2001 to 2016, this change reflects: Changing consumption pattern Gives more weightage to spending on health, education Reducing the weight of food and beverages All of the above 4) Which of the following statements are true? CPI-IW is used primarily for measuring the dearness allowance (DA) payable CPI-IW provides inputs to government in macro policy planning The number of items directly retained in the index basket has increased to 463 items All of the above 5) Consider the true statements about CPI- combined index It is a combination of CPI-Rural and CPI-Urban RBI uses CPI- C to measure headline inflation It is released by NSO All of the above 6) Which of the following statements are true?1. WPI includes both goods and services2. CPI includes only goods Only 1 Only 2 Both A and B All of the above 7) Which of the following is/are true about Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018? The bill lays down measures to deter economic offenders from evading the process of Indian law Bill includes cases where the total value involved is Rs.100 crore or more The bill includes the Confiscation of the property of an individual declared as a fugitive economic offender All of the above 8) The Right of First Refusal (rofr) would be exerted in which of the following manner: Indian built, Indian flagged and Indian owned Foreign built, Indian flagged and Indian owned Both A and B None of the above 9) WPI IS Computed by Ministry of commerce NSO CSO None of the above 10) CPI for Rural Labourer (CPI-RL) Measures changes in rural labourers commodity basket Released by the Labour Bureau Released weekly Only A, B is true Time's up
