Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 10 February 2020

Q1. Consider the following statements regarding the Central Victim Compensation Fund scheme(CVCF) :

1) The compensation part of the rehabilitation of victims of violence including rape is governed by provision of Section 357A of the Code of Criminal Procedure which states that every State Government in co-ordination with the Central Government shall prepare a scheme for providing funds for the purpose of compensation to the victim of crime.
2) All states have adopted the scheme and the amount of compensation to victims of trafficking is uniform from throughout these states.
3) The compensation amount in case of disability or incapacitation will be given subject to the condition that no employment has been provided to any of the family members of the victims by the government.

Which of the above statements are true ?

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

Q2. Consider the following pairs of Indigenous breeds & the corresponding animals in India :

1) Bhadawari : Goat
2) Gir : cow
3) Landrace : horse
4) Duroc : Pig
5) Brahma : buffalo

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched ?

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

Q3. The National Deworming Day (NDD) is being observed across the country today. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Children and adolescents in the age group of 1-19 years will be administered single dose of a safe medicine Albendazole in all states and Union Territories on the occasion.
2) Organized by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the objective of the day is to deworm children and adolescents to reduce the prevalence of parasitic worms in the intestine.
3) More than 836 million children are at risk of parasitic worm infections worldwide. According to World Health Organization 241 million children between the ages of 1 and 14 years are at risk of parasitic intestinal worms in India, also known as Soil-Transmitted Helminths.

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

Q4. The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international programme that led to the decoding of the entire human genome. It has been described as “one of the great feats of exploration in history. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) A genome, simply put, is all the genetic matter in an organism. It is defined as an organism’s complete set of DNA, including all of its genes.
2) Each genome contains all of the information needed to build and maintain that organism.
3) In humans, a copy of the entire genome more than 3 billion DNA base pairs is contained in all cells that have a plasma membrane.

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

Q5. Which of the following countries recently voted in a referendum on a new law against homophobia that would widen existing legislation against discrimination or incitement to hatred on ethnic or religious grounds to include sexual orientation ?

a) New Zealand
b) Switzerland
c) Australia
d) Iran

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Answer :

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