Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 12 June 2021

 

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 12 June 2021

Q.1) Consider the following statements regarding Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment:

1. It is an interferometric radio telescope.
2. It consists of four antennas consisting of 100 x 20 metre cylindrical parabolic reflectors with 1024 dual-polarization radio receivers suspended on a support above them.
3. It is located in British Columbia, Canada.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 1, 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 2 only

(d) 2 only

Q.2) With reference to the Employees' State Insurance Corporation, consider the following statements:

1.It is a statutory corporate body set up under the ESI Act 1949.
2. It aims to protect the employees covered under the scheme against financial distress arising out of events of sickness, disablement or death due to employment injuries.
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

Q.3) Pulitzer Prize has been associate with in the field of

(a) Literature 

(b) Social Work 

(c) Journalism 

(d) None of the above 

Q.4) New Atlantic Charter is an agreement signed between 

(a) US-UK

(b) US-Canada 

(c) US-Spain 

(d) US-France 

Q.5) With reference to the Discovered Small Field policy, consider the following statements:

1.It had launched in the year 2015.
2. The policy has feature like revenue sharing contract model with low regulatory burden.
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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