Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 16 September 2018

Q1. Consider the following statements regarding effect of aerosols in the Indian monsoons:

1) Increased emissions of aerosols into the atmosphere due to pollution have a definite cooling effect of 1 degree C during the Indian summer monsoon period.
2) The increased concentration of aerosols in the atmosphere also tends to change the shape and characteristics of rain-bearing clouds, leading to extreme rainfall events but weakened monsoon rainfall.

Which of the above statements are true ?

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 & 2
d) None

Q2. The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) released the report HIV Estimations 2017 at a function, here today. The HIV Estimations 2017 is the 14th round in the series of HIV Estimations under National AIDS Control Programme (NACP).

Which of the following statements regarding the HIV estimation report are true :

1) The report highlights the significant achievement of National AIDS response on prevention as well as on treatment front but has also indicated that there is no place for complacency as country move forward on ambitious goal of attaining the ‘End of AIDS’ by 2030.
2) The objective of HIV Estimations is to provide updated information on the status of HIV epidemic in India at national and State/UT level.
3) The modelled estimates are needed because there is no direct reliable way of measuring these core indicators which are used to track the epidemic and monitor and evaluate the response in countries around the world.

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

Q3. When a person travels from kutch in Gujarat to kohimain nagaland, minimum how many states he needs to cover if he takes the shortest possible route including the starting both the states.

a) 7
b) 8
c) 9
d) 10

Q4. Which of the following are the objectives of National Gokul Mission :

1) development and conservation of indigenous breeds.
2) undertake breed improvement programme for indigenous cattle breeds so as to improve the genetic makeup and increase the stock.
3) distribute disease free high genetic merit bulls for natural service.
4) Increase gobar gas production & thereby reducing CO2 emissions to the atmosphere.

a) 1,2& 3 only
b) 2,3 & 4 only
c) 1,3& 4 only
d) all the above

Q5. It is a sovereign state situated at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe in the southern Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans. It borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east. During the breakup of Yugoslavia, it formed a union with Montenegro, which dissolved in 2006.

The above description refers to which of the following European countries :

a) Macedonia
b) Serbia
c) Italy
d) Greece

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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 16 September 2018