Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 02 August 2020

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 02 August 2020

Q1 Recently, the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has approved a programme for the benefit of artisans involved in manufacturing of Agarbatti under the GramodyogVikasYojana. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) GramodyogVikasYojana is one of the two components of KhadiGramodyogVikasYojana which aims to promote and develop the village industries through common facilities, technological modernization, training etc.
2) The Govt of India had earlier placed the ‘Agarbatti’ item from “Free” trade to “Restricted” trade in the import policy and enhanced the import duty from 20% to 35% on ‘round bamboo sticks’ used for manufacturing of Agarbatti.
3) KVIC is a statutory body established by KhadiAnd Village Industries Commission Act, 1956.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only 
d) all the above

Q2 Which of the following countries are part of the “ring of fire“region of the world which is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur ?

1) Indonesia
2) Peru
3) Chile
4) South Africa
5) Australia

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

Q3 Consider the following statements :

1) Dholes play an important role as apex predators in forest ecosystems. Besides the tiger, the dhole is the only large carnivore in India that is under the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s ‘endangered’ category.
2) As a country that perhaps supports the highest number of dholes in the world, we still do not have targeted management plans for scientific monitoring of the species.
3) Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisharank high in the conservation of the endangered dhole in India.
Which of the above statements stands true ?
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only 
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q4 Recently, a district court of Hiroshima (Japan) has recognised 84 survivors of the post-nuclear explosion “black rain” as the atomic bomb survivors enabling them to avail benefits like free medical care. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) The debris and soot from the destroyed buildings in Hiroshima mixed with the radioactive fallout from the bomb, rose high into the atmosphere in the form of a mushroom cloud. This material combined with the vapour in the atmosphere and came down as dark drops of liquid that have been called black rain.
2) Nagasaki witnessed more black rain due to the fact that the nuclear bomb dropped on it was more powerful than Hiroshima’s.
3) The rain contaminated everything it came in contact with. Dead fish were reported floating in water bodies and severely ill cattle were seen lying in the fields and it caused Acute Radiation Symptoms (ARS) in many who were exposed to it.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only 
d) all the above

Q5 Which of the following languages were recently dropped from National Education Policy’s list of foreign languages that can be taught in schools ?

a) English
b) Mandarin
c) Spanish
d) French

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