MCQ for current-affairs-test-august-2022

Consider the following statements regarding the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that issued guidelines on government spending on advertisements:

1. It allowed photos of only two constitutional authorities - Prime Minister and President - to be used in government sponsored advertisements.

2. The ruling mandated that government advertisements will not contain a political party’s symbol.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Tiangong, often seen in news, is

Consider the following statements about Hellfire missile:

1. It is an indigenous missile built by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

2. It is an air-to-ground precision guided missile.

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Consider the following statements regarding the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV):

1. It is a rocket that is designed to orbit satellites weighing less than 500kg in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

2. SSLV has very low turnaround time and is perfectly suited for launching multiple microsatellites at a time.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Which of the following country has been witnessing “India Out” protest?

Consider the following statements regarding Taiwan:

1. Taiwan is located south of the Philippines and the South China Sea.

2. Malacca strait separates Taiwan from mainland China.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are incorrect?

Consider the following statements regarding Electoral Bonds (EBs):

1. Only Indian citizens are eligible to purchase the EBs.

2. State Bank of India is the only bank authorized to sell these bonds.

3. The donor’s name is mentioned on the bond.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Consider the following statements regarding the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019:

1. The bill does not govern the processing of personal data of individuals in India by foreign companies.

2. The bill divided data into two categories - Personal Data and Critical personal data.

3. Critical personal data cannot be processed anywhere in the world.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following countries:

1. China

2. India

3. USA

4. Australia

5. Canada

Which of the above country/countries is/are not the member(s) of the Minerals Security Partnership?

Consider the following statements regarding the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022:

1. The law provides legal sanction to the police to take only physical sample of the convicts.

2. The new law does away with the condition of rigorous imprisonment of one year or more for collecting the identifiers of any person convicted.

3. The act authorises the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) to store the records of measurement at national level.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are incorrect?

Which of the following country is no more a member of ASEAN?

Which of the following codes highlight the correct explanation of Operation Skylight conducted by Indian Army?

Consider the following statements regarding the Vice President of India:

1. Vice-President is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament and members of State assemblies.

2. The Vice-President may leave mid-term by submitting a resignation letter to the President.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Which of the following codes highlight the correct sequence of places one would encounter while moving from South to North?

Consider the following statements regarding the Bahrain-based multilateral partnership, Combined Maritime Forces (CMF- B):

1. Established in 2001, it is the US-backed counterterrorism coalition aimed at protecting international waters.

2. India is a full member of this coalition.

3. Pakistan is an associate partner of this coalition.

Which of the above statements are incorrect?

Consider the following statements regarding Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS):

1. It is a Central Sector Scheme.

2. At least one-third of the beneficiaries of the scheme have to be women.

3. Ministry of Rural Development is the nodal ministry for the scheme.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Consider the following surveys:

1. Consumer Confidence Survey

2. Inflation Expectations Survey

3. Industrial Outlook Survey

Which of the above surveys are conducted by the Reserve Bank of India?

Consider the following statements regarding Cooperatives in India:

1. The item “Cooperative Societies” is in the concurrent List of Indian Constitution.

2. Provisions of the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912 regulate the formation of cooperative society on pan-India basis.

3. A new ministry of cooperation is created for cooperative societies in the country.

4. 97th Constitutional amendment act had made the right to form a cooperative as fundamental right.

5. The National Policy on Cooperatives 2002 supports the promotion and development of cooperatives.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Once an entity or an individual is designated as the Global Terrorist under a UNSC sanctions committee, the member states are required to:

Match the following pairs highlighting the reports and organizations responsible for publishing the report:

Report Organization

Consider the following statements regarding the NATO alliance:

1. The Washington Treaty forms the basis of NATO alliance.

2. It is a system of collective defence where independent member states agree for mutual defence in case of any attack by external party.

3. It is headquartered at Brussels, Belgium.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following Central Asian countries:

1. Kazakhstan

2. Tajikistan

3. Kyrgyzstan

4. Uzbekistan

5. Turkmenistan

Which of the above countries share boundary with Afghanistan?

As per the Ministry of Culture, who among the following freedom fighters is credited to produce the first human bomb in India?

Consider the following statements regarding the indigenously developed howitzer gun:

1. It has been developed by the private players with active support by DRDO.

2. Howitzer is an umbrella term for a category of long-range artillery guns.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are incorrect?

Consider the following statements regarding the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA):

1. It is an international governing body of association football, beach soccer and futsal.

2. It is headquartered at Zürich, Switzerland.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Nipun mines which was recently in news are

The Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) is under the operational domain of Ministry of Finance. Which of the following department under the Ministry of Finance is the nodal department for this scheme?

Consider the following statements with respect to the National Action Plan for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) scheme:

1. It has been launched to ensure safety and dignity of sanitation workers in rural India as well as providing sustainable livelihood to these workers.

2. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) is the only ministry involved with the implementation of this scheme.

3. One of the main aims is to ensure zero fatalities in sanitation work in India.

Which of the above statements are incorrect?

Which of the following ministry has been entrusted with the task of border management in India?

Consider the following statements regarding QUAD grouping:

1. Its secretariat is located at Tokyo, Japan.

2. The grouping has provisions for collective defence which is evident from the decision of member countries to conduct joint military exercises.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Which of the following best describes the term “Merchant Discount Rate” sometimes seen in news?

Consider the following statements regarding the University Grant Commission (UGC):

1. It is non-constitutional, non-statutory body.

2. It was set up by the Department of Higher Education.

3. Upon meeting set quality criteria, it distributes grants to higher education institutions.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements about National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM):

1. The list is prepared by the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

2. The list is updated at an interval of every five years.

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Consider the following statements:

1. India is not obliged to provide the Pakistan an advance notification on flight test it intends to take for any land launched, surface-to-surface ballistic missile.

2. Before conducting a missile test, a country must issue Notice to Air Missions to alert aviation pilots.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the Tomato flu:

1. It is a new type of disease affecting the production of Tomato.

2. It is caused by Coxsackie virus A 16 which belongs to Enterovirus family.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are incorrect?

Consider the following statements regarding the Black Sea:

1. It lies between the continents of Asia and Europe.

2. Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Black Sea.

3. Ukraine borders with the Black Sea, whereas Turkey does not share boundary with it.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements about PM Gati Shakti – National Master Plan:

1. It is a digital platform to bring 16 ministries together for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects.

2. PMO (Prime Minister’s Office) is the nodal implementing agency for the scheme.

3. Budget allocated for the plan stands at Rs 100 lakh crore.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Consider the following statements regarding the Commonwealth:

1. It is a treaty-based association of independent and equal countries.

2. Only those countries who were part of the British Empire can become the member of this association.

3. Queen is the head of state of all the member countries.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about Family Courts in India:

1. Setting up a family court is the responsibility of the state government.

2. Judges of a family court are appointed by the President.

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Consider the following statements regarding the Armed Forces Tribunals (AFTs) in India:

1. It is a non-statutory body with power to adjudicate on cases related to Armed forces.

2. It is composed of Judicial Members as well as Administrative Members

3. The Tribunal is empowered to adjudicate appeals against any order, decision, finding or sentence passed by a court-martial or any related matter.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about high seas:

1. They are the parts of the ocean that are not included in the Exclusive Economic Zone, territorial sea or internal waters of a State.

2. No one nation has sole responsibility for management of high seas.

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Consider the following statements with respect to the Elephant Reserves in India:

1. The country has 32 notified Elephant Reserves spanning across 14 states.

2. Agasthyamalai in Tamil Nadu is the most recent addition to the list and it is the state's fourth Elephant Reserve.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about ‘office of profit’:

1. The term ‘office of profit’ is not defined in the Constitution of India.

2. Decision to disqualify a member of legislative assembly on the basis of him/her holding an office of profit is taken by the Speaker of the concerned state.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

National Campaign ‘Paalan 1000’ is associated with which of the following activity?

Consider the following statements with respect to the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR):

1. Set up in 1952 as an autonomous body, CSIR is now the largest government funded multi-disciplinary industrial R&D organisation in India.

2. It comes under the administrative supervision of the Ministry of Science and Technology

3. N Kalaiselvi has become the second woman director general of the CSIR.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about National Food Security Act, 2013:

1. Under the Act, 75% of the rural population and 50% of the urban population is legally entitled to receive subsidized foodgrains.

2. Identification of eligible beneficiaries is the responsibility of the concerned state governments.

3. Beneficiaries are identified on the basis of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Consider the following statements with respect to the Pradhan MantriAwasYojana-Urban (PMAY-U):

1. It was launched in 2015 and is being implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

2. It will ensure all weather pucca houses to all eligible beneficiaries in the urban areas of the country by the year 2022.

3. Implemented as a Central Sector Scheme except for the component of credit linked subsidy scheme which is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with respect to the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to combat climate change:

1. At the COP 21, countries have agreed to publicly outline their INDCs for post-2020 climate action to meet Paris Agreement targets.

2. According to the Paris Agreement, countries must update their pledges every seven years to make larger commitments to reduce Green House Gas emissions.

3. India at the COP26 to the UNFCCC held in Spain expressed to intensify its climate action by presenting Panchamrit – 5 set of new targets of India’s climate action.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with respect to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act:

1. The Act of 1971 was introduced to tighten access to abortion since the women were using unsafe and dangerous methods for termination of pregnancy.

2. The MTP (Amendment) Act, 2021, allowed for a termination under the opinion of one doctor for pregnancies up to 24 weeks.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with respect to the Spectrographic Investigation of Nebular Gas (SING) project:

1. This astronomy project will be implemented by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and the China Manned Space Agency.

2. The project would be the first space-collaboration involving India and China and primarily deals with sending a spectrograph as a payload on the Chinese Space Station - Tiangong.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?