Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 03 April 2019

Q1. With respect to the prospects of stunting in young children as per recent surveys, which of the following statements are true ?

1) About 38% of children in India below the age of five years are stunted. One of the reasons for this is that the food consumed by young children are mainly cereal based, which lack quality protein that can be well digested and the content of certain essential amino acids such as lysine is limited.
2) While consuming quality protein that contains adequate amounts of digestible essential amino acids helps in preventing stunting completely.
3) The digestibility of essential amino acids is least for Mung dal and highest for eggs.

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

Q2. After an eight-year-long process, Erode turmeric finally got a Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the Geographical Indication Registry.

Which of the following are the optimum growth conditions/features of the crop?
1) Erode Turmeric is golden yellow in colour with resistance to pests after boiling.
2) Erode turmeric contains of high curcumin content than normal turmeric ranging to 15-20%.
3) Erode Turmeric is grown in hot moist conditions prevalent in the area with temperature ranging from 20 degrees to 37.9 degrees Celsius with an average of 600 to 800 mm rainfall in a year.

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

Q3. Consider the following statements regarding PMI Purchasing managers index :

1) The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is an indicator of the economic health of the manufacturing sectorbased on five major indicators: new orders, inventory levels, production, supplier deliveries and the employment environment.
2) The purpose of the PMI is to provide information about current business conditions to company decision makers, analysts and purchasing managers.
3) Even though India’s services PMI has been low over the years ,the Manufacturing PMI has been high within a 6 month period.

Which of the above statements are true ?
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all of the above

Q4. India on Tuesday signed an agreement with a development bank for setting up India-Africa Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development (IAIARD) in Malawi.

Which of the following statements regarding the same are true ?
1) IAIARD will be a Pan-African Institute wherein trainees not only from Malawi but also from other African countries, will receive training to develop their human resources and build their capacity.
2) The entire expenditure on faculty from India, the travel, logistics and training course expenses for students from other African countries will be borne by the Government of India for an initial period of three years.
3) This institute will be the first of its kind developed in an African country by India. This will further strengthen the bilateral relations with Malawi and India’s relations with African Union.

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

Q5. Which of the following countries is set to launch the world’s first fully-fledged 5-G mobile network system ?

a) China
b) South Korea
c) India
d) New Zealand
 

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ANSWER:

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