Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 09 May 2022

Q.1) With reference to regarding green steel, consider the following statements: 

1. It has the lowest carbon footprint.
2. It can be producedby using Hydrogen Breakthrough Ironmaking Technology.
3. In green steel production, hydrogen made from renewable energy replaces fossil fuels.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Q.2) The ‘Plan of Action’ sometimes seen in news, launched by 

(a) UN 
(b) IMF 
(c) WHO 
(d) World Bank 

Q.3) Consider the following statements regarding pulsars:

1. Pulsars are highly magnetized spinning neutron stars.
2. As pulsars spin, they release a stream of radio waves from their poles.
3. The use pulsars to test theories of gravity for evidence of gravitational waves.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3 
(d) 2 only

Q.4) Pretomanid, bedaquiline and linezolid,recently seen in the news, are:

(a) chemicals used for cloud seeding.
(b) chemical pesticides.
(c) drugs used for the treatment oftuberculosis.
(d) Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)recently listed under the StockholmConvention.

Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding tissue culture plants: 

1.It is a kind of production new plants from a small piece of plant tissue.
2.The plant hormones which are necessary for the growth of plants.
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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