Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 14 April 2020

Q1 The pan-India Agriculture trading portal e-NAM completed four years of implementation recently. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Farmers are free to register on e-NAM portal and they are uploading their produce for sale online to the traders across all e-NAM mandis.
2) However, traders can bid for the lots available for sale on e-NAM only from their respective locations.
3) The Government plans to connect over 22,000 GrAMs, local farmers markets, with the platform. To provide better grading and assaying services, the Agriculture Department is looking at looping in AGMARK for better certification.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only 
c) 1 & 3 only 
d) all the above

Q2 BhimJayanti is an annual festival observed on 14 April to commemorate the memory of B. R. Ambedkar. Which of the following books were written by Ambedkar ?

1) Thoughts on Pakistan
2) Annihiliation of caste
3) The Buddha and his Dhamma
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only 
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q3 The sealing of international borders, the resultant travel restrictions imposed by most countries and the fear of catching the COVID-19 infection have severely impacted the foreign exchange industry. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) A Full Fledged Money Changer (FFMC) is an authorized entity who may purchase foreign exchange from non-residents and residents of India and sell the same for private and business travel purposes only to the people visiting abroad. 
2) As Section 10 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 prescribes, authorized money changers are the only entities in the country that can deal in money changing activities and offer necessary foreign exchange services.
3) All FFMC’s operating in India are registered with SEBI.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q4 Consider the following statements regarding the newly launched CollabCADinitiative :

1) The aim of this initiative is to provide a great platform to students of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) across country to create and modify 3d designs with free flow of creativity and imagination. 
2) This software would also enable students to create data across the network and concurrently access the same design data for storage and visualization.
3) The initiative was launched jointly by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog and National Informatics Centre (NIC).

Which of the above statements stands true ?
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only 
b) 2 & 3 only 
c) 1 & 3 only 
d) all the above

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