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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 17 October 2014

National

Q.1

1. India’s indigenously developed nuclear capable sub-sonic cruise missile ‘Nag’, which can strike targets more than 700 km away, was test-fired from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha.
2. India has in its arsenal the 290-km range supersonic “BrahMos” cruise missile which is jointly developed by India and Russia.

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Neither 1 nor 2
d. Both 1 & 2

International

Q. 2

1. Peru launched its first domestically built communications satellite.
2. The ARSAT-1 satellite is the first to be constructed with local technology in Latin America.

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Neither 1 nor 2
d. Both 1 & 2

Persons in News

Q. 3

1. Former IMF economist Arvind Subramanian was appointed as the Chief Economic Adviser.
2. Rajasthan cadre IAS officer Rajiv Mehrishi was appointed as the finance secretary.
3. Mr. Mehrishi replaces Arvind Mayaram, who has been appointed the new Tourism Secretary.

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

a. Only 1
b. 2 & 3
c. All of the above
d. None of these

Q.4

1. Sanjaya Rajaram, an eminent Indian scientist, has been awarded the World Food Prize in recognition of his significant contributions to global wheat production.
2. Mr. Rajaram, currently a Senior Scientific Advisor at the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), has developed some 480 wheat varieties

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Neither 1 nor 2
d. Both 1 & 2

Science & Technology

Q.5

1. On October 15, 1994, India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D2) for the first time successfully placed an Indian Remote-sensing Satellite into orbit.
2. Twenty years later, on October 16, 2014, the PSLV-C26 lobbed the 1,425 kg Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS-1C) satellite into its precise orbit.
3. This mission was ISRO’s twenty-seventh consecutively successful PSLV flight.