Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 10 August 2020

Q1 With respect to global child labour statistics,which of the following statements stands true ?

1) Global child labour had been gradually declining in the past two decades, but the Covid-19 pandemic threatens to reverse that trend, according to the ILO.
2) A joint report by the ILO and United Nations Children’s Fund estimates that a 1 percentage point rise in poverty leads to at least a 0.7 percentage point increase in child labour.
3) Indonesia, the world’s fourth most-populous nation and home to more young people than any other country in the worldwill see the largest number of children from vulnerable families drop out of school and into the workforce.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q2 President Ram NathKovind has honoured and felicitated 202 freedom fighters from across the country on the occasion of 78th anniversary of Quit India Day. Which of the following personalities were associated with quit India movement ?

1) BalGangadharTilak
2) SardarVallabhbhai Patel
3) Annie Besant
4) AbulKalam Azad
5) Bhagat Singh
Options :
a) 1,2 & 3 only
b) 2 & 4 only
c) 1,3 & 5 only
d) 2,4 & 5 only

Q3 Asia Pacific, which accounts for a third of the global migrant workforce, is likely to face remittance losses of USD 31.4-54.3 billion due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Remittances to Asia and the Pacific, amounting to USD 315 billion in 2019, are an important and stable source of income for families back home and help strengthen external financingalongside foreign direct investment and tourism recipients in many developing economies.
2) A one percentage increase in the share to GDP to remittances inflow from overseas is associated with a reduction in poverty gap by 2.6 per cent and poverty severity by 66 per cent.
3) ADB economists have recommended that governments of host countries of migrants need to ensure that migrant workers have access to social protection, including employment-related support and social assistance, as well as health services.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q4 Recently researchers have tailored a ‘meta-grid’ of nanoparticles that could make light-emitting diodes (LEDs) brighter, energy-efficient and durable. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Meta-grid' or ‘metamaterial grid’ is a specifically patterned array (grid) of nanoparticles acting as metamaterials, capable of exhibiting extraordinary optical properties.
2) An increase in LED light output would significantly reduce energy needs on a large scale, and therefore, will contribute towards curbing global warming and climate change.
3) Under the new method material and composition of nanoparticles and parameters, such as their sizes, average interparticle spacing and the distance from the surface of the LED chip, are optimised to achieve the maximum enhancement in light extraction from the LED chip into its encapsulating casing, over any emission spectral range of a typical LED.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q5 Indian Government has decided to declare the Kushinagar airport an international airport in June. This is particularly significant to Sri Lanka’s Buddhist pilgrims since the airport is located near a number of sites sacred to Buddhists. It is located in which of the following states ?

a) Jharkhand
b) Bihar
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Maharashtra

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