Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 15 October 2020

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 15 October 2020

Q1  Consider the following statements :

1) The GST law assures states a 14% increase in their annual revenue for five years from July 1, 2017 and also guarantee them that their revenue shortfall, if any, will be made good through the compensation cess levied on luxury goods and sin products such as liqour, cigarettes, aerated water, automobiles, coal and tobacco products.
2) Under the GST law, the compensation cess is a tax owned by both centre and states equally.
3) Under Article 292 of the Constitution, the Centre can borrow on the security of its own taxes and resources which is the Consolidated Fund of India,while it cannot borrow in the security of the tax that it does not own.

Which of the above statements stands true ?
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only

b) 2 & 3 only

c) 1 & 3 only

d) all the above

Q2  Which of the following countries shares boundary with the Red Sea ?

1) Kuwait
2) Jordan
3) Saudi
4)Egypt
5) Iran

Options :
a) 1,2 & 3 only

b) 2,3 & 4 only

c) 1,3 & 5 only

d) 2,4 & 5 only 

Q3  Which of the following statements regarding the recently approved school education reform project- Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) stands true ?

1) The project includes an emergency response component to help the government respond to disaster situations which lead to school closures and loss of learning, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic.
2) A major component of the project is the establishment of PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) as a national assessment centre, which will set norms for student assessment and evaluation for all school boards across the country, most of which currently follow norms set by State governments.
3) The STARS project will have a total project cost of ?5,718 crore, with the Asian Development Bank(ADB) support amounting to about ?3,700 crore($500 million).

Options :
a) 1 & 2 only

b) 2 & 3 only

c) 1 & 3 only

d) all the above

Q4  India has contributed one million dollars to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in Near East. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) This aid will support the Agency's programmes and services, including education, health care, relief and social services.
2) UNRWA is a relief and human development agency that was established in 8 December 1949 and has been providing health, education, relief and social services, as well as emergency humanitarian assistance, across its five fields of operation Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip since 1950.
3) UNRWA Headquarters are located in Jordan and in Gaza.

Options :
a) 1 & 2 only

b) 2 & 3 only

c) 1 & 3 only

d) all the above

Q5  Which of the following global organisations recently published the “Human cost of disasters report 2000-2019”?

a) World Bank
b) UNEP
c) UN office for disaster risk reduction
d) United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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