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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 14 October 2019

Q1. Consider the following statements :

1) The Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) is a global research program to outreach carbons role on Earth. It is a community of scientists including physicists, biologists, geo-scientists and chemists working across several traditional disciplinary lines.
2) The Deep life wing of DCO quantifies the processes and environmental conditions that control origins, forms, quantities and movements of carbon compounds.
3) The Deep energy wing documents the interaction between the carbon cycle and diversity of Earth’s deep biosphere.

Which of the above statements are nottrue ?

a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3only
c) 2 only
d) 1 & 3 only

Q2. India and Sierra Leone signed 6 agreements today to expand the bilateral relations in various fields and also agreed to push for UNSC reforms so that one-third of mankind residing in Africa and India occupy their rightful place in decision making bodies of the UN.

Which of the following countries shares boundary with Sierra leone ?

1) Guinea
2) Gambia
3) Liberia
4) Cote de Ivore

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

Q3. 35 countries participated in the first ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) held in New Delhi. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Financial cooperatives serve 13 per cent of the world population while agricultural cooperatives produce 50 per cent of global agriculture output implying immense potential that exists in the sector for global trade.
2) In line with Government’s focus on programmes like Start-up India and Stand-up India aimed at young entrepreneurs with new and innovative ideas, National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has formulated YuvaSahakar-Cooperative Enterprise Support and Innovation Scheme 2019.
3) The foundation of cooperative movement in India was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

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

Q4. Consider the following statements regarding Ionosphere :

1) The ionosphere is the charged part of upper atmosphere extending several hundred miles up. It is in constant flux as space weather bombards it from above and Earth weather from below, sometimes disrupting radio communications.
2) Besides Sun, the hurricanes, tornadoes and other extreme weather conditions on Earth are also adding energy in this region. Therefore, the more scientists know, the better spacecraft and astronauts can be protected in orbit through improved forecasting.
3) The ionosphere region lies between Mesosphere and Stratosphere.

Which of the above statements are true ?

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