Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 02 October 2019

Q1. Consider the following statements :

1) The CO2 released annually by volcanoes hovers around 0.3 and 0.4 gigatonnes roughly 10 times more than manmade emissions.
2) The findings were made by the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO), a 500-strong international team of scientists, released a series of papers outlining how carbon is stored, emitted and reabsorbed by natural and manmade processes.
3) They found that manmade carbon dioxide emissions drastically outstrip the contribution of volcanoes which belch out gas and are often fingered as a major climate change contributor to current warming rates.

Which of the above statements stands true ?

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

Q2. Consider the following pairs of hill stations in India and their corresponding states :

1) Dalhousie :Uttarakhand
2) Gulmarg : Jammu & Kashmir
3) Horsley hills : Andhra Pradesh
4) Kodaikanal : Kerala
5) Coonoor :Tamilnadu

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched ?

a) 1,2& 3 only
b) 3,4 & 5
c) 2,4 & 5 only
d) all of the above
answer :c

Q3. Which of the following statements regarding consumption of used cooking oil and its adverse effects are definitely true ?

1) The consumption of Used Cooking Oil (UCO) poses adverse health effects. During frying, several properties of cooking oil are altered and Total Polar Compounds (TPC) are formed on repeated frying.
2) The toxicity of these compounds is associated with several diseases such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, liver diseases.
3) In order to safeguard consumer health, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has fixed a limit for Total Polar Compounds at 10 percent beyond which the vegetable oil shall not be used for cooking.

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

Q4. On the 150th birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, AIM, NITI Aayog’sAtal Tinkering Labs (ATL) and UNICEF India, including Generation Unlimited, have launched ‘The Gandhian Challenge’. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1)This innovation challenge provides a platform for every child across India to ideate innovative solutions for a sustainable India of their dreams, using Gandhi’s principles.
2)UNICEF, an integral part of the United Nations, works with governments, communities, civil society organizations, the private sector, and other partners worldwide to advance children’s rights, and is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
3) Generation Unlimited is a new UNICEF-led global partnership that aims to ensure that every young person age 10-24 is in some form of school, learning, training, self-employment, or age-appropriate employment by 2030.

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

Q5. The Massive Icebergnamed 'D28' containing 315 Billion Tonnes of Ice Broke off recently from which of the following continents ?

a) Australia
b) Greenland
c) Antartica
d) Europe
answer : c

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Answer :

1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5.(c)