Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 21 September 2020

Q1. Consider the following statements regarding PM-AASHA scheme :

1) PradhanMantriAnnadataAaySanraksHanAbhiyan’ (PM-AASHA) is an umbrella scheme to ensure Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers. 
2) It comprises the erstwhile Price Support Scheme (PSS) with certain modifications and rolling out of new schemes of Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS) and pilot of Private Procurement and Stockist Scheme (PPSS). 
3) Under PM-AASHA, States/UTs mandatorily need to choose either PSS and PDPS in a given procurement season with respect to all oilseeds crop for the entire State.

Which of the above statements stands true ?

Options :

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

Q2. Which of the following pairs of Buddhist monasteries in India and their corresponding location states/UT’s are correctly matched ?

1) Nato : Haryana
2) Tabo : Himachal Pradesh
3) Tawang : Nagaland
4) Rumtek : Sikkim
5) Randgum : Jammu & Kashmir

Options :

a) 1,2 & 3 only
b) 2,3 & 4 only
c) 1,3 & 5 only
d) 2,4 & 5 only 

Q3. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry of Women and Child Development today in New Delhi for controlling Malnutrition as a part of POSHAN Abhiyaan. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) India enjoys the distinction of having the largest network of traditional health care systems which are widely accepted owing to its wide accessibility, affordability, safety and trust of people.
2) POSHAN Abhiyaan or National Nutrition Mission is Government of India’s flagship programme under Ministry of Health & Family welfare to improve nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant women and lactating mothers.
3) The specific areas identified for co-operation include: (i) Integration of AYUSH into POSHAN Abhiyaan and (ii) Control of malnutrition through the principles and practices of Ayurveda, Yoga and other Ayush systems.

Options :

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

Q4. India’s first CRISPR test for COVID-19 has been launched by the TATA group. It has been developed by CSIR-IGIB ‘Feluda’ (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology). Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) The protein Cas9 which is also called as “CRISPR-associated” is an enzyme that acts like a pair of molecular scissors which is capable of cutting the strands of DNA.
2) CRISPR are the Family of DNA sequences that are found in the genomes of eukaryotic organisms that includes bacteria and archaea.
3) Potential applications of the technology include- correcting genetic defects, improving crops and treating and preventing the spread of diseases.

Options :

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

Q5. Which of the following countries have decided to resume passenger railway services after a 7-year suspension after it received two sets of rails from India ?It will be the country's first ever broad-gauge passenger railway service. The service will start from Kurtha, an area close to Janakpur town to Jayanagar, a town bordering India.

a) Bangladesh
b) Nepal
c) Bhutan
d) Myanmar

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