Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 17 December 2021

Q.1) Match the following pairs:

              Act                                                                              Details of the Act
1. Age of Consent Act, 1891                       Raised theage to consent for sex from 10 to 12years without directly addressing theage at marriage.
2. Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929          Fixedthe minimum age of marriage for girls to14 years and boys to 18 years.
3. Prohibition of Child Marriage Act2006    Age limits were subsequentlyrevised to 18 and 21 for girls and boysrespectively.
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 only

Q.2) World Trade Organisation was founded in the year 

(a) 1998
(b) 1992
(c) 1996
(d) 1995

Q.3) With reference to regarding to use Zinc in agriculture, consider the following statements: 

1. Deficiency of plant-available zinc leads to reductions in crop production and nutritional quality.
2. Zinc is a trace mineral, required in small amounts, nearly 100 enzymesneed zinc to carry outvital chemical reactions.
3. According to estimates, about 40% of the agricultural soils or about 60 million hectares in India arezinc deficient.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only
(d) 2 only

Q.4) India’s first Green Hydrogen Microgrid Projects awarded to 

(a)NTPC Ltd. 
(b) Power Grid Corporation of India
(c) NHPC Limited
(d) GAIL Limited

Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding Laser weapons system:

1.It focusing a powerful beam of light steadily on an object, the laser can burn through and destroy a range of objects, from small drones to flying missiles.
2.Such weapons are also known as Directed energy weapons that travel at the speed of light with unprecedented accuracy.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) Both 1 and 2 
(c) 1 only
(d) 2 only

Click Here For All Current Affairs

Click Here for MCQ's Archive

This is a Part of Online Coaching Programme for UPSC Exam

DOWNLOAD UPSC Monthly Current Affairs PDF

Study Notes for UPSC IAS  Exam

CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER (Only for Course Member)