Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 06 December 2020

Q.1) With reference to the Diem consider the following statements:

1. It is Google-backed crypto currency which was rebranded from earlier name Libra.
2. It will be multiple coins with each backed by a different currency that can be traded in place of it.
3.  It was designed to make it easier for people and businesses to securely send money across the world.
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) 2 only

Q.2) With reference to the export control law of China consider the following statements:

1. It will regulate the export of sensitive materials and technologies from China to overseas.
2. It allows China to retaliate against U.S., which blocked Chinese firms Huawei, TikTok on grounds of national security.
3. ECL also extends Chinese jurisdiction even beyond the national territory, by providing penalties and obligations binding on importers, end-users.
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.3) Consider the following statements regarding Plant Based Vaccine:

1. It is emerging as an affordable and efficient alternative for vaccination against diseases.
2. Plant Based Vaccineare not a kind of recombinant vaccines that introduce antigens against particular pathogens into the selected plant.
3. It aims to engineer a virus-like protein (VLP) in living plants.
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) Recently seen in news about the products like Karsog Kulth, Pangi ki Thangi, Chamba metal crafts applied for GI tag; these are belonging to which Indian state

(a) Uttarakhand 

(b) Himachal Pradesh 

(c) Assam 

(d) Meghalaya 

Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding Geographical Indication:

1. GIs are typically used for agricultural products, foodstuffs, handicrafts, industrial products, wines and spirit drinks.
2. Internationally, GIs are covered as an element of intellectual property rights under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property/
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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