Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 03 September 2021

Q.1) With reference to the Scrub typhus disease, consider the following statement: 

1. Scrub typhus is a disease caused by bacteria called Orientia tsutsugamushi.
2. Infection spreads to people through bites of infected chiggers.
3. No vaccine is available to prevent scrub typhus.
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 only

Q.2) On which of the following districts is the  only place in India to have all three crocodile species

(a) Kendrapara

(b) Sundargarh

(c) Mayurbhanj

(d) Kalahandi

Q.3) With reference to the World’s first ‘Plant based’ smart air-purifier, consider the following statements:

1. The technology works through the air-purifying natural leafy plant.
2. According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report the indoor air spaces are five times more polluted than outdoor air space.
3. It has been developed by IIT Ropar. 
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1, 2 and 3 only

(d) 2 only

Q.4) On which of the following country, Chaina has established their first road-rail transport link to Indian Ocean

(a) Vietnam 

(b) Cambodia 

(c) Thailand 

(d) Myanmar 

Q.5) With reference to the World Social Protection Report 2020-22, consider the following statements:

1. It has been published by IMF. 
2. According to the report, 4.1 billion people were living without any social safety net of any kind. 

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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