Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 07 April 2020

Q1 1) The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Moon Resolution says that Moon and other celestial bodies should be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and their environments should not be disrupted.

2)Only 17 of the 95 Member States of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space have ratified the moon agreement in the past four decades.
3) The moon agreement was signed at the 1992 earth summit in Rio de Janeiro.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q2 Consider the following hill stations of India with their location states :

1) Panchgani : Madhya Pradesh
2) Chail : Himachal pradesh
3) Horsley hills : Maharashtra
4) Patnitop : Jammu & Kashmir
5) Almora :Uttarakhand
Which of the above pairs are correctly matched ?
Options :
a) 1,2 & 3 only
b) 3 & 5 only
c) 2,4 & 5 only
d) 2 & 4 only

Q3 The Central and State governments have announced that lessons will be taught on television and radio, but some NGOs and educational technology firms are looking for innovations that will also bring online content into poorer homes. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) More than 90% of the edtech products in the market are built with middle and higher income families in mind. So even if those products are being made available for free during the lockdown, they are not contextualised for a poorer or rural audience.
2) The rise in smartphone penetration means that good tech resources could actually help level the playing field if it were not for poor connectivity in many parts of rural India.
3) Learning without teachers may also mean recruiting community volunteers to teach children in small groups using online resources.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q4 Researchers have created artificial proteins that can control the activity of genes and other molecules in living cells in predetermined ways. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) These designer proteins can regulate the activity of genes inside the human immune system's T-cells.
2) Using proteins like the one currently developed, the scientists said, inputs such as the presence of two different molecules in a living cell can cause it to produce a specific output, such as activating or suppressing a gene.

3) The process of fighting cancer tumour cells with genetically engineered T-cells have been successfully carried out by scientists over the years.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above