Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 06 December 2021

Q.1) With reference to regarding ‘Mount Semeru’, consider the following statements:

1. It is an active volcano in Indonesia
2. It is located in a subduction zone, where the Indo-Australia plate subducts under the Eurasia plate.
3. It is the highest mountain on the island of Java.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3 only

Q.2) Recently seen in news, Dhawan-1 launched by which of the following company

(a) Collins Aerospace

(b) Skanda Aerospace

(d) Skyroot Aerospace

Q.3) With reference to regarding national strategy on blockchain, consider the following statements:

1. It will create a National Blockchain Framework.
2. A Blockchain Advisory Council will also form under this program.
3. A blockchain is essentially a digital ledger of transactions (DLT) that isduplicated and distributed across the entire network of computer systemson the blockchain.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(d) 2 only

Q.4) What is the total length of the road will be constructed underNorth Eastern States Roads Investment Programme?

(a) 433.42 km

(b) 453.42 km

(d) 423.42 km

Q.5) With reference to regarding e-Voting, consider the following statements:

1.e-voting allow electors to vote from faraway cities without going to the designated polling station of their constituencies.
2.The encrypted remote votes cast are validated at the pre-counting stage to ensure that they have neither been decrypted nor tampered with or replaced.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Neither 1 nor 2

(b) Both 1 and 2

(d) 2 only

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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 06 December 2021