Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 12 January 2023

Q.1) Consider the following statements:

1. Comets are frozen leftovers from formation of solar system.
2. Comets actually have two separate tails.
3. This dust tail traces a broad, gently curving path behind the comet.
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) World Hindi Day is celebrated on

(a) 10th March
(b) 10th February
(c) 10th November
(d) 10th January

Q.3) Consider the following statements:

1. A galaxy is a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of starsand their solar systems, all held together by gravity.
2. Galaxies can be spiral, elliptical or irregular.
3. Our galaxy Milky Way also has a supermassive black hole in the middle.
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) Kuno Palpur National Park is located in

(a)Madhya Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) Gujarat
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Q.5) Consider the following statements:

1.M-Sand is an artificial sand produced from crushing hard stones into small sand sized angularshaped particles, washed and finely graded to be used as construction aggregate.
2.Northern Coalfields Limitedwill start production of M-Sand.
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