Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 15 September 2019

Q1. Consider the following statements :

1) Nature acts as a laboratory on its own. Organisms in an ecosystem interact with each other and exchange genetic material for their benefit and survival.
2) Some bacteria are able to adapt themselves to pesticides too. They do this by acquiring genes through horizontal gene transfer and also evolving some existing genes to perform new functions.
3) Some bacteria acquire genes from other related microbes that are capable of breaking down hazardous compounds and such gene transfer is known as vertical gene transfer.

Which of the above statements are true ?

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

Q2. Which of the following statements regarding mountain types are nottrue ?

1) Mountain ridges refer to mountains which originated as a result of local folding and faulting.
2) The Great African Rift Valley (valley floor is graben), The Rhine Valley and the Vosges mountain in Europe are examples of fold mountains.
3) Block mountains are created when large areas or blocks of earth are broken and displaced vertically.
4) A group of mountain ranges formed in a single period, similar in their form, structure and extension, is termed a mountain range.

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

Q3. Which of the following statements regarding the Official languages act 1963 definitely stands true ?

1) The official languages act 1963 is an act to provide for the languages which may be used for the official purpose of the Union, for transaction of business in Parliament, for Central and State Acts and for certain purpose in High Courts.
2) As per the act All Manuals, Codes and other Procedural literature relating to Central Government Offices are required to be prepared in Hindi only.
3) A Committee of Parliament on Official Language was constituted in 1976 under section 4 of the Official Languages Act, 1963 to periodically review the progress in the use of Hindi as the Official Language of the Union and to submit a report to the President.

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

Q4. Which of the following statements regarding India’s current growth forecast by International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) stands true ?

1) India will be the fastest growing major economy of the world and much ahead of China, the Washington-based global financial institution had said.
2) India’s economic growth is “much weaker” than expected, according to the IMF, which attributed it to the corporate and environmental regulatory uncertainty and lingering weaknesses in some non-bank financial companies.
3) Sharp deceleration in manufacturing output and subdued farm sector activity pulled down India’s GDP growth to over six-year low of 5% in the April-June quarter of 2019-20.

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