Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 04 October 2021

Q.1) Consider the following statements regarding, Niti Aayog’s New Experience Studio:

1. The studio will be a hub for collaboration and experimentation to enable for problem solving.
2. The studio will help showcase the potential of technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things etc.
3. The studio will also provide startups with an option to access necessary support to enhance and scale their solutions.
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) Match the following pairs:

ECLGS            Designated sectors:
1. ECLGS 1.0            Mudra Borrower and individual loans for business purpose.
2. ECLGS 2.0:            Sectors identified by Kamath Committee & Healthcare sector.    
3. ECLGS 3.0:        Civil Aviation sector
4.ECLGS 4.0:            Oxygen cylinders
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

(a) 1, 2 and 3 only

(b) 2 only

(c) 1 and 2 only

(d) All the above

Q.3) With reference to the Lucy mission, consider the following statements:

1. It is the first spacecraft to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids by NASA. 
2. Its mission is to investigate the group of rocky bodies circling the Sun in two swarms.
3. Trojan asteroids associated with Jupiter are thought to be remnants of the primordial material that formed the inner planets.

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) 1 and 2 only

Q.4) Recently seen in news about ease of logistics portal, it has been launched by

(a) Niti Aayog 

(b) Federation of Indian Export Organisations

(c) Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

(d) India Trade Promotion Organisation

Q.5) With reference to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, consider the following statements:

1.It is an international treaty to manage Antarctic fisheries to preserve species diversity and stability of the entire Antarctic marine ecosystem.
2.India has been a permanent member of the commission.
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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