Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 08 June 2022

Q.1) Consider the following statements regarding Project Loon:

1. It comprises of helium-filled balloons that aim to deliver internet access to remote parts of the world. 
2. These high-altitude balloons are found in the troposphere and create aerial wireless networks. 
3. It is a project under a Google subsidiary.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 2 only

Q.2) Recently in news about the city of Sievierodonetsk, it is located in 

(a) Venezuela 
(b) Ukraine 
(c) Uruguay 
(d) Chile 

Q.3) Consider the following statements regarding Total fertility rate:

1.It refers to total number of children born or likely to be born to a woman inher lifetime if she were subject to the prevailing rate of age-specific fertilityin the population.
2. TFR of about 2.1 children per woman is called Replacement-level fertility.
3.TFR higher than RFL leads to a decline in a country's population.
Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only
(d) 3 only

Q.4) Which among the following Indian state has least holding of agricultural land by women? 

(a) Gujarat 
(b) West Bengal 
(c) Karnataka 
(d) Uttar Pradesh 

Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding International Financial Services Centres Authority:

1.IFSCA has been entrusted with the responsibility of operationalization of this Exchange. 
2.The regulations inter alia cover the Bullion Exchange, Clearing Corporation, Depository and Vaults. 
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) Both 1 and 2 
(c) 1 only
(d) 2 only

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