Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 13 September 2020

Q1. Which of the following statements regarding the newly launched “Five Star Villages” scheme by department of posts stands true ?

1) The scheme ensures universal coverage of flagship postal schemes in rural areas of India and to bridge the gap in public awareness and reach postal services and products in the interior of villages.
2) The scheme is to be implemented by a team of GraminDakSevak. The team will be headed by the District collector. The five-member team is to conduct door-to-door awareness campaign on all the above schemes. 
3) They will arrange small melas and will target prominent places of targeted villages such as schools, panchayat offices, village dispensaries, markets.

Options :

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

Q2. A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened by human habitation. India hosts 4 biodiversity hotspots:the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, the Indo-Burma region and the Sundaland.

The Himalayan biodiversity hotspot in India includes the Himalayan region and which of the following countries ?

1) Bangladesh
2) Nepal
3) Bhutan
4) Sri lanka
5) Myanmar

Options :

a) 1,2& 3 only
b) 2,3 & 5 only
c) 1,3 & 5 only
d) all the above

Q3. The UN officials have warned that the world may witness more conflict, poverty and starvation and how deeply it may impact the fragile nations of the world due to COVID pandemic. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1)  In the recent wake of the time when the whole world is facing problems like unemployment, closure of schools and colleges, sharp fall in the economy, declining remittance, and disruption to trade it has forced us to ponder on the outcomes it may generate.
2) However since all students have access to online contents and studying medium, this lack of access may not affect more than half a billion child all over the world.
3) As per the United Nations World Food Program and Food and Agriculture Organization report, food insecurity is on top high as people have lost their source of income and the consumption has reduced.

Options :

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

Q4. The Government has embarked upon a transformational programme of implementing international standards of emission and safety measures in the transport vehicles. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has already notified a number of regulations for upgrading emission and safety features in Indian automobiles. These include the draft notifications for anti-lock braking systems, airbags, speed alert systems, reverse parking assist, crash standards, etc.
2) The Indian automotive industry has kept pace with these changes and in recent years has undergone a number of changes in the domain of passenger safety, emission control and connected technology. One such highlight is leapfrogging from BS-IV to BS-VI emission norms and hence achieving parity with Euro emission norms.
3) India, ranks 3rd in the number of road accident deaths across the 199 countries reported in 2018 after China and US.

Options :

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

Q5. Which of the following ministries recently launched the SAROD portal with the main objective of timely resolution of disputes and enrichment of dispute resolution mechanism?

Options :

a) Ministry of Human resources and development
b) Ministry of Shipping
c) Ministry of tribal affairs
d) Ministry of minority affairs

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