Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 09 August 2020

Q1. The Centre has released 553 crore to States under a scheme to promote mechanisation in the agriculture sector under the Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM) scheme. Which of the following statements regarding the scheme stands true ?

1) The Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM) was introduced in April 2014 with an aim to have inclusive growth of farm mechanisation to boost productivity.
2) Agricultural mechanisation helps in increasing production through timely farm operations and cut in operations by ensuring better management of inputs.
3) However under the scheme individual farmers are not provided subsidy for procurement of machinery, only farmer producer organisations (FPO’s) are encouraged.

Options :

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

Q2. In which of the following national parks in India one can spot the One –horned rhino ?

1) Kaziranga
2) Hemis 
3) Pobitora
4) Periyar
5) Jaldapara

Options :

a) 1,2 & 3 only
b) 2,3 & 4 only
c) 1,3 & 5 only
d) 2,4 & 5 only

Q3. With respect to the office of CAG which of the following statements stands true ?

1) CAG, over the years, has functioned as a routine auditor and has failed to proactively expand its role to meet the emerging challenges.
2) Though CAG reports are discussed by the public accounts committees of the respective legislatures, no one evaluates or questions what the CAG does.
3) The CAG is appointed by the prime minister on the advice of his council of ministers.

Options :

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

Q4. A significant advance has been made by an international team of solar physicists recently. The group has measured the global magnetic field of the sun’s corona, or outer atmosphere, for the very first time. Which of the following statements regarding the findings stands true ?

1) Though the core of the Sun is at a temperature of about 15 million degrees, its outer layer, the photosphere is a mere 5700 degrees hot.
2) The team used a technique known as coronal seismology or magnetoseismology to measure the coronal magnetic field which has been known for a few decades.
3) This method requires the measurement of the properties of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves and the density of the corona simultaneously.

Options :

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

Q5. International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples or World Tribal Day is being observed today. The day is aimed at promoting and protecting the rights of the world’s indigenous population. The date recognizes the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations in which of the following places ?

a) Washington DC
b) Geneva
c) Paris
d) Capetown

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