Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 11 July 2020

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 11 July 2020

Q1. India is adopting a multi-pronged strategy to enhance trade and business partnership with Bangladesh amid Beijing's recent efforts to woo Dhaka with duty-free access to its products. With respect to India-Bangladesh trade relationships, which of the following statements stands true ?

1) Bangladesh is India’s biggest trade partner in South Asia, while Bangladesh’s trade deficit with China is hugely tilted in Beijing’s favour.
2) India has been providing grant assistance to Bangladesh for various infrastructure projects including the construction of Akhaura-Agartala rail link, dredging of inland waterways and construction of India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline.
3) Bangladesh is the second biggest recipient of India’s concessional LOC after Nepal.

Options :

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

Q2. Genetically modified crops are plants used in agriculture, the DNA of which has been modified using genetic engineering techniques. Which of the following GM crops have been developed  in India ?

1) Maize
2) Cotton
3) Brinjal
4) Mustard
5) Soyabean

Options :

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

Q3. The fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation 2018 has entered the Guinness World Record for being the world’s largest camera trap wildlife survey. Which of the following statements regarding the project stands true ?

1) The All India Tiger Estimation done quadrennially is steered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority with technical backstopping from the Wildlife Institute of India and implemented by State Forest Departments and partners.
2) India is home to nearly 75 percent of the global tiger population and has already fulfilled its resolve of doubling tiger numbers, made at St. Petersburg in 2010, well ahead of the target year of 2022.
3) Kerala hosts the maximum number of tigers in India.

Options :

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

Q4., Prime Minister has recently said that solar energy would play a major role in achieving self-reliance in energy, essential for an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India).With respect to the solar energy sector in India which of the following statements stands true ?

1) India currently has around 1.2 million solar home lighting systems and 3.2 million solar lanterns sold/distributed. Also, India has been ranked the number one market in Asia for solar off-grid products.
2) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy provides 100 percent subsidy on the installation cost of a solar photovoltaic power plant in North-East states and 70 percent subsidy in other regions.
3) The Rewa solar project, being touted as Asia’s largest, is the first such project in the country to break the grid parity barrier.

Options :

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

Q5. World Population Day is being observed today. The day, which seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established in 1989 by the then-Governing Council of which of the following bodies ?

a) WHO
b) United Nations Development Programme
c) UNESCO
d) World Bank

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