Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 11 April 2022

Q.1) With reference to regarding Near Field Communication Technology, consider the following statements: 

1. It is a short-range wireless connectivity technology that allows NFC-enabled devices to communicate with each other and transfer information quickly and easily with a single touch.
2. Near Field Communicationtransmits data through electromagnetic radio fields, to enable communication between two devices.
3. Nokia released the first Near Field Communication-enabled phone in 2007.
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) 1, 2 and 3

Q.2) ‘AVSAR’ scheme recently seen in news, launched by 

(a) Airport Authority of India 
(b) Niti Aayog 
(c) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 
(d) Ministry of Agriculture 

Q.3) With reference to Zero-coupon bonds, consider the following statements: 

1. A zero-coupon bond is a debt security instrument that does not pay interest.
2. It is traded at deep discounts.
3. Its value is inversely related to the rise in the interest rates.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3 
(d) 2 only

Q.4) Alrosa a prominent diamond mining company, it is located in 

(a) Russia 
(b) Ukraine 
(c) Kazakhstan 
(d) Poland 

Q.5) With reference to regarding occurrence of forest fires, consider the following statements: 

1.India is 2nd most vulnerable country in the global south to forest fires. 
2.Mizoram has had the most number of forest fires incidences in the last two decades.
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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