Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 3 August 2018

Q1. Which of the statements regarding SC/ST prevention of atrocities act are true ?

1) Forcing an SC or ST individual to vote or not vote for a particular candidate in a manner that is against the law is an offence under the Act.
2) Compelling to dispose or carry human or animal carcasses, or do manual scavenging is a newly added offence in the act.
3) Under the Act, a court of Session at the district level is deemed a Special Court to provide speedy trials for offences.

A) 1 & 2 only
B) 2 & 3 only
C) 1 & 3 only
D) all the above

Q2. Which of the following lakes and their corresponding states are correctly matched :

1) Sivasagarlake : Assam
2) Dal lake : Jammu & Kashmir
3) Salim Ali lake : Madhya Pradesh

A) 1 & 2 only
B) 2 & 3 only
C) 1 & 3 only
D) all the above

Q3. Which of the following statements regarding competition commission of india are not true ?

1) It is a non-statutory body of the Government of India responsible to prevent activities that have an appreciable adverse effect on competition in India.
2) It has the objective to make the markets work for the benefit and welfare of consumers.
3) It consisits of 1 chairman & 6 members appointed by the central government.

A) all are true
B) 1 only
C) 2 only
D) 3 only

Q4. Which of the following sectors are included in the list of priority sector lending(PSL) by RBI

1) Export credit
2) Renewable energy
3) Education

A) 1 & 2 only
B) 3 only
C) 2 & 3 only
D) all the above

Q5. With reference to National digital library of India (NDLI) ,which of the following are true ?

1) The National Digital library of India (NDLI) is a project under Ministry of Human Resource Development with an objective to integrate several national and international digital libraries in one single web-portal.
2) The NDLI provides free access to many books in Indian languages only.

A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both are true
D) None

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Answer:

1 (D), 2 (A), 3 (B), 4 (D), 5 (A)