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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 02 September 2020

Q1 With respect to ‘The World Organisation for Animal Health’ recently in news,which of the following statements stands true ?

1) The World Organisation for Animal Health, formerly the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) is an intergovernmental organization coordinating, supporting and promoting animal disease control.
2) The OIE does not depend on the UN system; its autonomy is both institutional and financial and its activities are governed by its own constitutional texts.
3) However OIE is not recognised by the WTO in terms of international trade involving animals and animal health.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q2 Consider the followings pairs of space missions/satellites and their respective launching countries :

1) Cartosat : France
2) KIBO-SS : Japan
3) Ariel 1 : United States
4) Sputnik 1 : Soviet Union
Which of the above pairs are correctly matched ?
Options :
a) 1,2& 3 only
b) 2 & 4 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) 1 & 4 only

Q3 Recently CSIR-CMERI has developed the World’s Largest Solar Tree, which is installed at CSIR-CMERI Residential Colony, Durgapur. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) The Solar Trees were designed in a manner to ensure maximum Shadow Area, thus potentially making these Solar Trees available for widespread usage in Agricultural activities such as High Capacity Pumps, e-Tractors and e-Power Tillers.
2) Each Solar Tree has the potential to save 10-12 tons of CO2 emissions being released into the atmosphere as Greenhouse Gases when compared with fossil fuel fired energy generation.Besides, the surplus generated power can be fed into an Energy Grid.
3) The CSIR-CMERI developed solar powered e-Suvidha Kiosks may also be connected to the Solar Trees for real-time access to the vast majority of agricultural database as well as to the eNAM.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q4 The NITI Aayog recently launched Nationally Determined Contributions Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA). Which of the following statements regarding the initiative stands true ?

1)The main objective of the programme is to support and regulate policies to promote electric vehicle charging infrastructure and smooth wide scale adoption of Electric Vehicles in India.
2) The project will include three countries namely India, China and Pakistan for a period of 2020-24.
3) The initiative is supported by International Climate Initiative of German Ministry of Environment and will provide a consistent strategy for effective policies of decarbonizing transport.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q5 The Postal department have delivered 10,133 tonnes of medicines,besides ventilators and personal protective equipment kits across the country during the COVID pandemic. Now the department has decided to promote and distribute small products throughout the country starting with Madhubani paintings. The Madhubani painting is a popular artform in which of the following Indian states?

a) Odisha
b) Bihar
c) Assam
d) Rajasthan

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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 02 September 2020