Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 01 July 2020

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 01 July 2020

Q1. The Reserve Bank of India has launched the inflation expectations survey of households and responses of the participants. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) The survey aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, of approximately 6,000 households, based on their individual consumption baskets, across 18 cities.
2) The survey would seek qualitative as well as quantitative responses from households on price changes, general prices as well as prices of specific product groups, for the three months ahead as well as in the one year ahead period.
3) The results of the survey are used by RBI as inputs for monetary policy as well as formulating the fiscal policy of the central government.

Options :

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

Q2. The major difference between natural and man-made air pollution is that continuous or temporary natural events cause natural air pollution, but human activities are responsible for man-made pollution. Which of the following cane be regarded as examples/sources of natural air pollution ?

1) Radon
2) Uranium enrichment
3) Ozone
4) Dry cleaning
5) Volcanic eruptions

Options :

a) 1,2& 3 only
b) 2,3 & 5 only
c) 1,3 & 5 only
d) all the above

Q3. With respect to the UNFPA’s State of the World Population 2020 report released recently, which of the following statements stands true ?

1) The report cites a 2014 study to state that India has the highest rate of excess female deaths at 13.5 per 1,000 female births or one in nine deaths of females below the age of 5 due to postnatal sex selection.
2) Excess female mortality is the difference between observed and expected mortality of the girl child or avoidable death of girls during childhood.
3) In many countries, this results in a “marriage squeeze” as prospective grooms far outnumber prospective brides, which further results in human trafficking for marriage as well as child marriages.

Options :

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

Q4. India recorded a current account surplus of 0.1% of GDP, for the January-March quarter, against a deficit of 0.7% of GDP in the year-ago period, the Reserve Bank said. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Lower trade deficit was one of the prime reasons for the improvement in the current account balances both for the March quarter as well as for the whole fiscal year.
2) The current account balances, which represent the net of the country’s export and imports of goods and services and also payments made to foreign investors or inflows from them, are considered as an important indicator of a country’s external sector.
3) In the same period, private transfer receipts, mainly representing remittances by Indians employed overseas decreased while the net outgo from the primary income account, which primarily reflects the net overseas investment income payments decreased.

Options :

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

Q5. A team of researchers from Pune and Kerala have “rediscovered” a rare and critically endangered plant species called Globbaandersonii from the Sikkim Himalayas after a gap of 136 years. The species was discovered from the banks of which of the following river valleys ?

a) Brahmaputra valley
b) Teesta valley
c) Kosi river valley
d) Yamuna river valley
 

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Ans: 1(a), 2(c), 3(d), 4(a), 5(b)