Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 08 January 2021

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 08 January 2021

Q.1) With reference to theAlphabet Workers Union, consider the following statements:

1. The group is affiliated with the Communications Workers of America, a union that represents workers in telecommunications and media in the United States and Canada.
2. Alphabet was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and became the parent company of Google.
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

Q.2) Consider the following statements regarding memorandum of cooperation between India and Japan:

1. It would provide mechanism for partnership and cooperation on sending and accepting skilled Indianworkers, who have qualified the Japanese language test, to work in fourteen specifiedsectors in Japan.
2. These Indian workers would be granted a new status of residence of "Specified Skilled Worker" by Japan.
Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

(a) Neither 1 nor 2

(b) Both 1 and 2 

(c) 1 only

(d) 2 only

Q.3) With reference to the Longitudinal Ageing Study of India (LASI) Wave-1, consider the following statements:

1. LASI is a full-scale national survey of scientific investigation of the health, economic, and social determinants and consequences of population ageing in India. 
2. The LASI, Wave - 1 covered a baseline sample of over 72,000 individuals aged 45 and above and their spouses including over 31,000 elderly persons aged 60 and above and over 6,700 oldest-old persons aged 75 and above.
3. It covers all States and Union Territories of the country excluding Andaman Nicobar Islands.

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) 1 and 2 only

Q.4) Which of the following countries have plant to setting up of special zones for pharmaceuticals, tourism with India?

(a) Maldives 

(b) Myanmar 

(c) Bangladesh 

(d) Sri Lanka 

Q.5) With reference to theNational Board of Wildlife, consider the following statements:

1.It is a statutory organisation constituted under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
2. Main function of the Board is to promote the conservation and development of wildlife and forests.
Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

(a) Neither 1 nor 2

(b) Both 1 and 2 

(c) 1 only

(d) 2 only

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