Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 06 April 2020

Q1 The Mumbai Naval Dockyard has recently designed a low-cost IR based temperature sensor amid COVID outbreak to check its personnel. Which of the following statements regarding temperature sensors stands true ?

1) An IR thermometer uses lens to focus infrared light which works on the principle called Black body radiation.
2)The speed of the molecules increases with increase in temperature. As they move, these molecules emit IR rays. The IR thermometer has a detector that concentrates these IR rays from the hot body.
3) If the rays are more, the detector generates a lower current.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only 
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q2 Consider the following pairs of minerals found in India and their corresponding location states :

1) Chromite :Assam,Tripura
2) Gold : Karnataka, Andhra pradesh
3) Copper: Jharkhand ,Madhya Pradesh
Which of the above pairs are correctly matched ?
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only 
b) 2 & 3 only 
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q3 Consider the following statements :

1) Coseismicionospheric perturbations (CIP), are considered to be very useful in providing the spatio-temporal manifestations of tectonic forcing in the ionosphere.
2) The basic physical mechanism responsible for the generation of CIP is the redistribution of ionospheric plasma by tectonically induced neutral atmospheric wave perturbations.
3) Imprints of seismic forcing on the ionosphere during earthquake events are extensively studied using Global Positioning System (GPS).
Which of the above statements are true ?
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only 
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q4 Under Lifeline UDAN initiative of MoCA, 132 cargo flights have been operated till date across the country to transport medical cargo to various parts of India including remote and hilly areas. With respect to UDAN scheme which of the following statements stands true?

1) UdeDeshKaAamNaagrik (UDAN) was launched as a regional connectivity scheme under the Ministry of Civil Aviation in 2016.
2) The objective of scheme is to create affordable yet economically viable and profitable flights on regional routes so that flying becomes affordable to the poor living in rural areas.
3) The key features of UDAN 3.0 constituted Inclusion of Tourism Routes in coordination with the Ministry of Tourism and the inclusion of Seaplanes for connecting Water Aerodromes.

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

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