Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 26 December 2022

Q.1) Consider the following statements regarding National Career ServicePortal:

1. A portal of the Ministry of Labour & Employment launched in 2015.
2. It is a job platform providing a variety of employment services
3. It has been aimed at helping qualified job seekers to connect with potential employers for finding suitable employment.
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) 1, 2 and 3

Q.2) National Informatics Centre was established in

(a) 1982
(b) 1996
(c) 1998
(d) 1976

Q.3) With reference to the global bribery risk matrix, consider the following statements:

1. It is released by TRACE, world leading anti-bribery standard setting organization.
2. India has performed better than China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.
3. North Korea presents the highest commercial bribery risk, while Sweden the lowest.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 only
(d) 1 and 2 only

Q.4) The International Day of Older Persons is observed on

(a) Oct 3
(b) Oct 1
(c) Sep 22
(d) Nov 3

Q.5) Consider the following statements:

1.Windfall taxes are designed to tax the profits a company derives from an external, sometimes unprecedented event.
2. Governments typically levy a one-off tax retrospectively over and above the normal rates of tax on such profits, called windfall tax.
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