Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 08 August 2020

Q1. Union Home Ministry has permitted Overseas Citizen of India, OCI cardholders to enter India who belong to countries with which air bubble arrangements have been finalised by the Civil Aviation Ministry. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Government of India launched the ‘Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) Scheme’ by making amendments to Citizenship Act, 1955 in 2005.
2) Anyone who is applying for OCI card should hold a valid Passport of another country. Individuals who do not have citizenship of any other country are not eligible to gain an OCI status.
3) Creating a travel bubble involves reconnecting countries or states which have shown a good level of success in containing the Covid-19 pandemic domestically. According to a report, potential travel bubbles among better-performing countries around the world would account for around 75% of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Options :

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

Q2. India is the largest producer,consumer and importer of coal in the world as per latest reports. Arrange the following countries in the decreasing order of their coal imports to India :

A)  Russia
B) Indonesia
C) Australia
D South Africa

Options :

a) BCDA
b) BDAC
c) ADCB
d) ACDB

Q3. Prime Minister will inaugurate and dedicate the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair to the nation on Monday through video conferencing. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) This connectivity will enable delivery of faster and more reliable mobile and landline telecom services to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, at par with other parts of India.
2) At present Andaman and Nicobar Islands have very weak telecom systems, that hamper communications with mainland and within the islands.
3) Due to satellite linkage there is only a fixed bandwidth of 3.2 GBPS available in the islands which will be hiked by more than 100 times. A 400 GBPS bandwidth would now be available initially with the commencement of the project.

Options :

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

Q4. Consider the following statements with respect to Landslides :

1) Landslides are physical mass movement of soil, rocks and debris down the mountain slope because of heavy rainfall, earthquake, gravity and other factors.
2) Landslides are less frequent in the Himalayan ranges as they are eroded, denuded, aged, mature and worn out by exogenic forces.
3) The pristine and unique nature of Himalayas, steep and high mountain ranges, and infrastructure projects have caused frequent landslides in the region compared to Western Ghats.

Which of the above statements stands true ?

Options :

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

Q5. Recently Union Agriculture Minister flagged off country’s  First Kisan Rail train from which of the following states in India ?

a) Kerala
b) Tamilnadu
c) Maharashtra
d) Odisha

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