Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 29 December 2020

Q.1) With reference to the innovation of Portable water testing devices, consider the following statements:

1. The Jal Jeevan Mission and the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade have launched an innovation challenge to develop portable devices for water testing.
2. The aim of the innovation challenge helping the policy framers to design programmes which address the water contamination issues.
3. Cash incentive will be given to the winners under this challenge. 
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 seen in news about Louis Kahn; who is he?

(a) An Astronaut 

(b) A Scientist 

(c) An Architect 

(d) A Football Player 

Q.3) Consider the regarding Inner Line Permit, consider the following statements:

1. It is an official travel document issued by the concerned state government to allow travel of an Indian citizen into a protected area for a limited period.
2. It is obligatory for the citizens from outside those states to obtain a permit for entering into the protected state.
3. At present Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, and Nagaland come under the ILP system.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1, 2 and 3 only

(d) 2 only

Q.4) R P Tiwari committee is associated with which of the following?

(a) Conducting common entrance exam for Undergraduate level

(b) Conducting common entrance exam for Postgraduate level

(c) Banking Recapitalisation 

(d) Agri-market reforms  

Q.5) With reference to the development of the detect adulteration in basmati rice, consider the following statements:

1.The team developed two different techniques for exposing such food frauds. 
2.The GC-MS test produces a fingerprint of the volatile organic compounds that produce marker compounds to identify the special aroma of basmati rice and adulterants.

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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