Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 03 January 2022

Q.1) With reference to regarding China’s new border law, consider the following statements:

1. The Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress passed the law for the “protection and exploitation of the country’s land border areas”.
2. The law lays down four conditions under which the state can impose emergency measures, including border shutdown.
3. The new law came into effect on January 1.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Q.2) Which among the following country has launched a 5-year plan tobecome a ‘Global Robotics Hub’?

(a) Taiwan
(b) South Korea
(c) Japan
(d) China

Q.3) With reference to regarding Sahitya Akademi Awards, consider the following statements:

1. It is a literary honour, conferred annually on writers of most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages.
2. The award includes a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and an amount of Rs. 1,00,000/-.
3. Sahitya Akademi functions as an autonomous organisation.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2 only
Answer: C

Q.4) Which among the following Indian state has completed its first-ever radio-tagging of the Indian pangolin to standardiserehabilitation protocol?

(a) Odisha
(b) Assam
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Kerala

Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding High Electron Mobility Transistors:

1.High Electron Mobility Transistorsdevice made from Aluminium gallium nitride.
2.High Electron Mobility Transistors is useful in wireless transmission and is useful in space and defense applications requiring high voltage and high-frequency switching.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) Both 1 and 2
(c) 1 only
(d) 2 only

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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 03 January 2022