Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 09 December 2020

Q.1) With reference to the Lebanon Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Framework consider the following statements:

1. It is part of a comprehensive people-centered response to the massive explosion on the Port of Beirut in August 2020.
2. It aims to help Lebanon achieve three central goals in response to the Beirut port explosion.
3. It has been launched by UN. 
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) 2 only

Q.2) Smuggling in India Report 2019-20 is released by 

(a) Central Economic Intelligence Bureau

(b) Narcotics Control Bureau

(c) Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation

(d) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

Q.3) Consider the following statements regarding Light Detection and Ranging Survey technique:

1. National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited will be adopting LiDAR technique to conduct ground survey for the proposed Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail corridor.
2. Light Detection and Ranging Survey (LiDAR) is a remote sensing technology that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure ranges (distances) to a target.
3. It is similar to radar and sonar (that use radio and sound waves, respectively).

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) 2 only

Q.4) Who has become the first Indian has won the FIA Formula 2 Championship?

(a) Aditya Patel 

(b) Arjun Maini 

(c) Gaurav Gill 

(d) JehanDaruvala 

Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding Preferential Trade Agreement:

1. Bangladesh has signed first time preferential trade agreement with India.
2. In preferential trade agreement, two or more partners agree to reduce tariffs on agreed number of tariff lines.
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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