Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 07 October 2018

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 07 October 2018

Q1.Consider the following statements regarding provisions of foreigners act 1946 :

1) foreign nationals who have entered India on valid travel documents and found to be overstaying is an illegal immigrant.
2) foreign nationals who have entered into the country without valid travel documents is an illegal immigrant.
3)TheForeigners Act empowers the Indian administration to detain a person until he/she is deported back to his/her own country.

Which of the above provisions are true ?

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

Q2. Consider the following pairs of tiger reserves & their corresponding states :

1) Rajaji :Uttarakhand
2) Bhadra : Maharashtra
3) Dampa : Mizoram

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched ?

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

Q3. “CVigil” mobile application launched by the election commission serves which of the following purposes ?

a) to keep vigilance upon public authorities for not undergoing corrupt practices.
b) to prevent public campaigning after the allowed period in social media platforms.
c) For citizens to share proof of malpractices by political parties, candidates and activists.
d) to prevent proxy voting by sharing biometric data instantly by polling officers.

Q4. Which of the following statements regarding National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) 2017-18 are true ?

1) The survey was conducted by NITI Aayog under World Bank support project to Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin.
2) It used the PPS (Probability Proportion to Size) sampling methodology and its data was collected using Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) platform.
3) The survey found that 77% of households were found to have access to toilets while only 4% of people who had access to toilets used them

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

Q5. A shoebox-sized lander called the MASCOT was deployed from Japan’s Hayabusa-2 spacecraft recently for which of the following purposes :

a) to orbit Mars throughout the year for getting clear pictures of its physiography.
b) to land on the moon for intensive studies.
c) to investigate an asteroid named “Ryugu”.
d) to study closely upon solar flares around the earth.

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Answer:

1(d), 2(b), 3(c), 4(d), 5(c)