Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 21 August 2020

Q1. The Centre has recently decided to increase the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for the 2020-21 marketing year (October-September) was taken in the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA).

Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) The FRP, which is determined under Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966, is the maximum price that sugar mills have to pay to sugarcane farmers.
2) The FRP has been fixed in line with the recommendation of the Commission of Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), a statutory body that advises the government on the pricing policy for major farm produce.
3) Maharashtra is the largest sugarcane producing states in India.

Options :

a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q2. Which of the following pairs of river drainage patterns and their corresponding example rivers/regions are correctly matched ?

1) Dendritic  type : Ganga river
2) Centripetal type : Son river
3) Radial type : Narmada river (Amarkantak plateau)
4) Trellis type : Mahanadi river

Options :

a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 4 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q3. Consider the following statements with respect to gender parity in R & D sector in India :

1) India’s private sector research companies appear to employ a larger proportion of women in core research and development activities than government-funded major scientific agencies do, according to data in the Science and Technology Indicators (STI), 2018.
2) The 2018 indicators reiterate the historic trend of India’s scientists being overwhelmingly men.
3) The large drop in the number of women between the doctoral and professional stages appears to be in part due to social pressure on women to have a family which is seen as incompatible with a professional career. There are also patriarchal attitudes in hiring practices.

Which of the above statements stands true ?

Options :

a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q4. Hit by disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic, the launch of India's unmanned space mission under the first leg of Gaganyaan, planned for December 2020, is likely to be delayed, sources said. Which of the following statements regarding the mission stands true ?

1) The Gaganyaan mission aims to send a three-member crew to space for a period of five to seven days by 2022 when India completes 75 years of Independence.
2) The spacecraft will be placed in a high earth orbit of 35000-40000 kilometres. The total programme cost is expected to be less than Rs 50,000 crores.
3) GSLV Mk III, also called the LVM-3 (Launch Vehicle Mark-3) the three-stage heavy lift launch vehicle, will be used to launch Gaganyaan as it has the necessary payload capability.

Options :

a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q5. Which of the following cities emerged as the cleanest city in the country for the fourth consecutive time in the recently released SwachhSurvekshan 2020 awards by the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry?

a) Bhopal
b) Indore
c) Guwahati
d) Mysuru

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