Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 01 March 2022

Q.1) Consider the following statements regarding the Centre’s guidelines on regulation of ground water extraction:

1. India uses the most groundwater in the world.
2. The guidelines exempts domestic consumers, farmers and MSMEs drawing water up to a limitfrom NOC requirement.
3. Non-compliance of NOC conditions may attract a penalty between Rs 50,000 to Rs 10 lakh.
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) National Science Day is observed on

(a) 26th February
(b) 1st March
(c) 2nd March
(d) 28th February

Q.3) With reference to International Court of Justice, consider the following statements:

1. The ICJ is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN).
2. It was established in June 1945.
3. The ICJ has 15 judges who are elected to nine-year terms by the UN General Assembly and Security Council, which vote simultaneously but separately.
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) The world’s largest cargo aircraft named Antonov An-225 owned by which of these following countries

(a)Russia
(b) Japan
(c) US
(d) Ukraine

Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding the species Dugong.

1.Dugongs are endangered species that are protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
2.A dugong and calf were first sighted in Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar in 2018.
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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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 01 March 2022