Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 13 JANUARY 2019

Q1. Consider the following statements with respect to National Youth Parliament Festival :

1) The National Youth Parliament Festival will encourage the youth to engage with public issues, understand the common man’s point of view, form their opinion and express these in an articulate manner.
2) Relevant and effective voices on the vision of New India would be captured and documented to make these available to policy makers and implementers to take it forward.
3) It is organised by Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

Which of the above statements are true ?

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

Q2. Which of the following articles of the constitution needs to be amended in oredr to enforce the Economic Reservation Bill (126Th amendemnent bill ) 2019?

1) Article 14-The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or equal protection of law within the territory of India.
2) Article 15- prohibitting the state from discriminating any citizen on ground of any religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them.
3) Article 16-there shall be equal opportunity for all citizens in government jobs.
4) Article 368-procedure of constitutional amendment.

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

Q3. Which of the following statements regarding ‘vote on account’ procedure of Parliament are true ?

1) A vote on account is the process by which an incumbent government obtains votes from Parliament to draw money from the Consolidated Fund of India to meet its expenses until the elections are done.
2) Ministries and departments can utilise the funds available for non-Plan expenditure which includes payments of salary to government employees, loan interest payments, subsidies, pension payments, based on the vote on account.
3) By convention if the elections are imminent and Parliament is ending, then the outgoing government does not make any significant changes in the vote on account.

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

Q4. Cosnider the following statemenst with respec to Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) :

1) The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) is a self-regulatory organisation which was established in the year 1985 for the regulation of the Advertising industry and to safeguard the interests of the consumers.
2) The Advertising Standard Council of India’s (ASCI) rules do not extend to online platforms like YouTube and Facebook.
3) But the ASCI Code applies to advertisements read, heard or viewed in India even if they originate or are published abroad so long as they are directed to consumers in India or are exposed to significant number of consumers in India.

Which of the above statements are true ?

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

Q5. Raja yoga,Karma yoga,Bhakti yoga & Jnana Yoga are the literary works of which of the following eminent personalities of Indian culture ?'

a) Guru Gobind Singh ji
b) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
c) Swami Vivekananda
d) Dayanand Saraswati
 

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ANSWER:

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