Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 9 DECEMBER 2018

                     

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 9 DECEMBER 2018

Q1. Consider the following statements regarding the livestock economy in India :

1) India has the world’s largest livestock population as well as poultry population, providing livelihood to around 2/3rd of the rural community.
2) Livestock are considered as “moving banks” because of their potentiality to dispose off during emergencies. They serve as capital and in cases of landless agricultural labourers many time it is the only capital resource they possess.
3) Dung and other animal wastes serve as very good farm yard manure and the value of it is worth several crores of rupees. In addition it is also used as fuel (bio gas, dung cakes), and for construction as poor man’s cement (dung).

Which of the above statements are true ?

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

Q2. Consider the following growth conditions with respect to millet production :

1) They require low rainfall & intense heat.
2) Compared to other cereals millers are suited to more fertile soils.
3) Millet can grow in moist or dry soils and will mature quickly.

Which of the above conditions are the most favourablesones ?

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

Q3. Which of the following statements regarding Environmental Protection Act (EPA) act 1986 are true ?

1) Under this Act no court shall take cognizance of any offence except on a complaint made by any person of the alleged offence and of his intention to make a complaint, to the Central Government or the authority or officer authorised as aforesaid.
2) Subject to the provisions of the Act, the State Government shall have the power to take all such measures as it deems necessary or expedient for the purpose of protecting and improving the quality of the environment pollution.
3) The discharge of sewage or waste water from urban areas on the land used for agricultural purposes, particularly that adjoining urban areas are also covered under the EPA act.

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

Q4. Which of the following statements regarding regulation of shelter homes in India are true ?

1) The United Nations appreciates the commitment of the Union government and state governments, civil society and concerned citizens to improving the lives of the most vulnerable and deprived children in India.
2) Around 33% of the shelter homes in the country are not registered.
3) The Union govt. has now asked the state governments to hire credible agencies and get social audits of all shelter homes done with the help of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and the National Commission for Women.

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

Q5. Which of the following bridges which is a long chain of limestone shoals, separates the Gulf of Mannar from the Palk’s strait?Geological evidence also suggests that this bridge is a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka

a) Adam’s bridge
b) Wellington bridge
c) Milford bridge
d) Alistair bridge

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ANSWER:

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