Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 12 October 2019

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 12 October 2019

Q1. Consider the following statements :

1) Palm oil accounts for nearly two-thirds of India’s total edible oil imports. India buys more than 9 million tonnes of palm oil annually, mainly from Indonesia and Malaysia.
2) India, the world’s biggest importer of edible oils, is planning to substitute Malaysian palm oil with supplies of edible oils from countries such as Indonesia, Argentina and Ukraine.
3) Andhra Pradesh is currently the largest oilseed producing state in India.

Which of the above statements stands true ?

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

Q2. Consider the following pairs of UNESCO recognised world heritage sites in India with their corresponding locations :

1) Great living cholatemples :Thanjavur
2)Humayun’sTomb : Hyderabad
3) Victorian Gothic : Mumbai
4) Champaner - PavagadhArcheologicalPark :Muhammadpur
5) Keoladeo National Park :Manas

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched ?

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

Q3. Instruments onboard the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter were able to detect and measure the amount of X-ray emissions released by the Sun during a recent solar flare activity. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Solar flares, which take place over short periods, emit a large amount of radiation. The amount of radiation depends on the intensity of the solar flares taking place near the Sun's surface.
2) The Chandrayaan 2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS) -- has the ability to read these X-ray emissions and thus identify elements present on the Moon's surface.
3) Atoms of every element have same X-ray emissions which helps the orbiter to collect mass data emitted from the solar surface.

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

Q4. Southwest Monsoon had a delayed arrival but did display a bumper performance this time, officially ending at 110 percent of the Long Period Average. However, as far as the withdrawal is concerned, it seemed like Monsoon was in no mood to retreat and even in the first week of October, there were no signs of the withdrawal of Monsoon.

Which of the following statements regarding the withdrawal of south west monsoons stands true?

1) The withdrawal of the monsoon begins with the development of a high-pressure area over northwest India.
2) High-pressure zones represent settled weather and low wind movement, whereas intense low-pressure zones attract moisture-bearing winds and therefore host weather disturbances like rains, thunderstorms or lightning.
3) This year, the presence of multiple low-pressure weather systems over the subcontinent, especially northern and western India, prevented the timely formation of high pressure (i.e. anticyclonic) conditions essential for the rains' withdrawal.

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

Q5. The islands form an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the south-east coast of Africa, to the east of Mozambique and north-west of Madagascar.Theislands formed, with Zanzibar, Pemba, Lamu, and the coastal towns of Kenya and Tanzania, a united and prosperous region of Swahili culture, trading in local goods which were exported to the African coast, Madagascar, the Middle East and India.

The above description refers to which of the following island groups (recently seen in news) ?

a) Seychelles
b) Mauritius
c) Comoros
d) Bahamas

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Answer :

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