Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 01 August 2022

Q.1) With reference to regarding Seekho aur Kamao scheme, consider the following statements: 

1. It aims at upgrading the skills of minority youth.
2. It is a skill development scheme implemented since 2013-14.
3. It ensures 75% placements, out of which at least 50% should be in the organized sector.
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) AL NAJAH-IVa joint military exercise between India and 

(a) Qatar 
(b) Kuwait 
(c) Bahrain 
(d) Oman 

Q.3) Consider the following statements: 

1. Meteorological droughthappens when the actual rainfall in an area issignificantly less than the climatological mean of that area.
2. Hydrological drought occurs to a marked depletion of surface water causing very low streamflow and drying of lakes, rivers and reservoirs.
3. Agricultural drought happens inadequate soil moisture resulting in acute crop stress and fallin agricultural productivity.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3 
(d) 2 only

Q.4) Ex VINBAX 2022a bilateral military exercise between India and

(a)Vietnam 
(b) Austria 
(c) Malaysia 
(d) Australia 

Q.5) Consider the following statements: 

1.Earth Overshoot Day is calculated by Global Footprint Network.
2.Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year.
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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