Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 01 October 2020

Q1 Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry launched the Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission under Venture Capital Fund for SCs recently. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) The Venture Capital Fund for SCs was launched in 2014-15 with a view to developing entrepreneurship amongst the SC and Divyang youth and to enable them to become job-givers.
2) Under the Ambedkar Social Innovation Incubation Mission initiative, one thousand SC youth will be identified in the next four years with start-up ideas through the Technology Business Incubators in various higher educational institutions.
3) They will be funded 30 lakh rupees in three years as equity funding to translate their start-up ideas into commercial ventures. Successful ventures would further qualify for venture funding of up to five Crore rupees from the Venture Capital Fund for SCs.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q2 Arrange the following substances/gases in the increasing order of their global warming potentials :

A) Nitrous oxide
B) HFC
C) Carbon dioxide
D) Methane

Options :
a) ACBD
b) CDAB
c) BCAD
d) CABD

Q3 India's external debt contracted by 0.7 per cent in June to $554billion as COVID related disruption resulted in debt outflows according to the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India. Which of the following statements regarding India’s external debt stands true ?

1) Commercial borrowings remained the largest component of external debt, with a share of 38.1 per cent, followed by non-resident deposits (23.9 per cent) and short-term trade credit (18.2 per cent).
2) Rupee denominated debt remained the largest component of India’s external debt, with a share of 53.9 per cent at end-June 2020.
3) COVID-19 related volatility in global financial markets resulted in sharp capital outflows in debt and equity markets in Q2 20.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q4 With respect to Dalit atrocities in India as per ‘annual crime in India 2019 report’ published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) recently, which of the following statements stands true ?

1) Crimes against members of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and the Scheduled Tribes (STs) saw an increase of over 7% and 26% in 2019 compared with the 2018 figures.
2) In the number of cases of rape of women belonging to the SCs, Rajasthan topped the list with 554, followed by Uttar Pradesh at 537 and Madhya Pradesh at 510.
3) The highest number of incidents of rape of tribal women (358) was registered in Arunachal Pradesh.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q5 ‘Kakinada kaja’ the sweet being made and promoted by kotaiah family since 1891 is from which of the following Indian states ?

a) Odisha
b) Tamilnadu
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Kerala

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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 01 October 2020