Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 15 NOVEMBER 2018

Q1. Which of the following statements regarding newly introduced Ease of doing agri-business index are true?

1) The Index will rank the States on the basis of reforms, as well as their investment in agriculture, increased productivity, reduction of input costs, and risk mitigation measures.
2) The parameters are process-oriented, and are meant to evolve as and when new reforms or initiatives are proposed.
3) The basic idea is to incentivise the states for various reform measures undertaken by them over the years and see how efficient they have been in implementing government programmes.

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

Q2. Consider the following statements regarding NBFC’s :

1) NBFC liquidity issue can lead to credit freeze which can also impact the real economy.
2) Banks are an important source of funds for NBFCs, so a lending push could ease their liquidity crunch.
3) NBFCs can avail refinance facility from SIDBI or National Housing Bank and can also sell loans to banks.

Which of the above statements are true ?

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

Q3. Which of the following statements regarding powers & functions of ( Comptroller & auditor general ) CAG are true ?

1) Comptroller and Auditor-General to prepares and submits accounts not only to the President, Governors of States but also to the Administrators of Union Territories having Legislative Assemblies.
2) Comptroller and Auditor-General to give information and render assistance to the Union government only.
3) Where any grant or loan is given for any specific purpose from the Consolidated Fund of India or of any State or of any Union territory having a Legislative ,the CAG shall scrutinise the procedures by which the sanctioning authority satisfies itself as to the fulfilment of the conditions subject to which such grants or loans were given.

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

Q4. Consider the following statements “Mother’s absolute affection “ (MAA) program :

1) The goal of the ‘MAA’ Programme is to revitalize efforts towards promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding practices through health systems to achieve higher breastfeeding rates.
2) The programme has been named ‘MAA’ to signify the support a lactating mother requires from family members and at health facilities to breastfeed successfully.
3) MAA is a country wide intensified breastfeeding promotion campaign targeting all States & Union Territories except Jammu & Kashmir

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

Q5. Which of the following wetlands are not amongst those in the Ramsar wetland conservation sites in India ?

a) Chilika lake
b) Dal Lake,kashmir
c) Bhitarkanika Mangroves, Odisha
d) Chandra taal , Himachal Pradesh

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ANSWER:

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