Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 08 March 2022

Q.1) With reference toInland WaterwaysAuthority of India, consider the following statements:

1. It is an autonomous organisation.
2. It primarily responsible for development,maintenance and regulation of waterways which have been declared as NWs under NationalWaterways Act, 2016.
3. Indo-Bangladesh Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade was signed in signed in 1972 is also become part of this organisation.
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) 1, 2 and 3

Q.2) SLINEX naval exercise conducts between

(a) India-Myanmar
(b) India-Sri Lanka
(c) India-France
(d) India-Thailand

Q.3) Match the following pairs:

Application name   Usage for
1. SUVAS       Being used to translate judgments of English into regionallanguage.
2. SCI-Interact       Paperless method forjudges access to files, annexures to petitions
3. SUPACE   Improving efficiency and reducing pendency by encapsulating judicial processes.
Which of the pair/(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2 only

Q.4) Europa is the ____ largest moon of Jupiter.

(a) 3rd
(b) 4th
(c) 5th
(d) 6th

Q.5) With reference to regarding Ivory trade, consider the following statements:

1.The ivory trade is the commercial, often illegal trade in the ivory tusks of the walrus, African and Asian elephants.
2.Ivory trade is banned in 1989 under United Nations Convention on International Trade in Ivory trade Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
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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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 08 March 2022